Can PHP Generate ActionScript script?

[Dr. Shim]

As you probably know, PHP can generate HTML code.

echo("<BR>/n");

This would create an HTML linebreak - as well as a PHP linebreak too.

Now, I was wondering, can PHP also generate ActionScript code?

echo("stop();");

[psychlonex]

Hey,
I'm sure php can do it, but I don't think AS can handle it. I've tried something similar, like using a variable in your movie called "action" and then in php echo("action=gotoAndPlay(2);");

But flash doesn't execute the code.

Hope that helps!
Psx

[Dr. Shim]

Yeah, through variables. I was just asking if you can generate code. But, I don't think so.


Thanks for your help.


By the way, sorry for cross-posting. I pressed the "post" button accediently. The admin can delete the other post with the question mark.

[psychlonex]

np.

I guess you could use it somehow to generate code before you exported the swf, or maybe throw a ton of scripts into a database, and then be able to just print em out and copy/paste em into your movie.

Psx

[Musicman]

Hi Dr. Shim,

welcome to the world of ming (There is even an extra forum for it)! This is not exactly like you asked, since swf cannot read actionscript source. Rather flash compiles (converts to some internal code) your actionscript when it publishes the movie.
Ming is a serverside tool that can create swf from scratch, and that includes a compiler as well. So you can actually have your php script create some actionscripts that depend on current data in some way (as a string), and by adding the code to the movie it will be compiled.
For an intro to ming see www.neuralust.com/~mingdocs as well as tutorials on www.opaque.net/ming

Musicman