Using databases with Flash and PHP

Hi, everyone!
I`m a PHP newbie. I just learned PHP so that I can use
databases with Flash.
I`ve got a .php script that contains html that loads up my
.swf file. The .swf file is the core of my site. What I want to
know is if I can call some PHP functions (that I have wrote in the
.php script) from within the .swf file... This functions would
perform the reading and updating of my database.
The only way I know of to modify a database from Flash is
using the POST and GET methods. But that opens up a new browser
window in which the PHP script is called. And that only handles
writing in the database. So, what if I just want to read from the
database some values and insert them into a TextField in Flash? How
do I do that?
Thanks! Ardy

1. Goggle "Flash and mySQL" and you'll get a listing of alot
tutorials
2. I'm also just learning. Here's a great URL to start:
Building with Flash and MySQL
That's right, a Flash-based blog — it sounds a little
loony, but this blog pulls content from a MySQL database and feeds
it into the dynamic Flash frontend ...
www.webmonkey.com/programming/php/tutorials/tutorial2.html -
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