Php style switcher + flash + IE = broken?

I am using the PHP style switcher by Chris Clark (
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/phpswitch/)
and using a small flash interface to switch styles. 4 to be
exact.
I had this working before so i know it is possible.
The problem is that when a user clicks on 1 of the style
selectors (a star shape) it does not change the style instantly
like its supposed to, it simply goes to the index.php , only after
pressing on a navigation link does the style change to whatever was
picked in the first place.
You might think its a php issue, but I have spoken with chris
and his only guess as to what is happening is that IE is caching a
over-aggressively.
I believe it might be some settings in Flash or the flash
version.
This style switcher does work perfectly in Firefox btw, Both
in flash and text links. text links also work in IE.
Is there some issue known between using a flash and a php
link in IE? Any help is appriciated...

Addendum is to use sendAndLoad and have the switcher.php
return test data to
Flash, such as the URL vars values being sent, and display in
a TextField
or if in IDE in a trace window.
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
"Motion Maker" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:[email protected]...
> The picture is that you use a Flash movie to communicate
with a php script
> named switcher.php. It needs to send URL vars to that
page. The URL var or
> the URL value is not getting to the switcher.php script.
>
> Are you using LoadVars Actionscript class and what does
send or
> sendAndLoad line look like? Be sure syntax is correct.
>
>
> --
> Lon Hosford
> www.lonhosford.com
> Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
>
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
> May many happy bits flow your way!
> "Nice Tan" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I really dont think its a php header issue, mainly
because text links in
>>IE
>> work. it is just the flash that is getting it wrong
in IE.
>>
>> I have gotten the style to stick, but now the
problem is that regardless
>> of
>> what page you are on, when a style is selected it
reverts back to the
>> index
>> page.
>>
>> Like i have said before, the flash interface works
in FF. And also text
>> links
>> work in both FF and IE. It is just something with a
query string link
>> that
>> makes it go to the main domain for some reason.
>>
>> the links looks like this btw.
>>
>> [code]
>>
http://domain.com/switcher.php?set=main
>>
http://domain.com/switcher.php?set=alt1
>>
http://domain.com/switcher.php?set=alt2
>>
http://domain.com/switcher.php?set=alt3
>> [/code]
>>
>> and when a link in the flash interface is clicked,
it goes to:
>> [url]http://domain.com[/url] instead of the current
page the end user is
>> at.
>>
>> I am using php include for my content aswell. So my
pages loook like:
>> [code]
>>
http://domain.com/index.php
>>
http://domain.com/index.php?id=main
>>
http://domain.com/index.php?id=nav2
>>
http://domain.com/index.php?id=nav3
>> etc.
>> [/code]
>>
>
>
>
>
>> It just seems like Flash in IE is forcing the links
to go to the main
>> domain
>> for some reason.
>>
>
>

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