passing toString() to a PHP file

[jiffyloop]

I'm not sure how to go about what I'm trying to do here, but I'll try to explain as brief as possible. I have a form in flash in which you'll be able to name your own field names and variables. I have created a LoadVars object. I have all the variables dumped together using toString() which brings me something like this:

credit=this%20is%20new%20credits&source=%3CU%3E%3Cb%3Ethis%20is%20a%20new%20source%3C%2FB%3E%3C%2FU%3E&moviename=hiking&headline=this%20is%20my%20new%20content%20system&fieldCount=4

[jiffyloop]

I'm not sure how to go about what I'm trying to do here, but I'll try to explain as brief as possible. I have a form in flash in which you'll be able to name your own field names and variables. I have created a LoadVars object. I have all the variables dumped together using toString() which brings me something like this:

credit=this%20is%20new%20credits&source=%3CU%3E%3Cb%3Ethis%20is%20a%20new%20source%3C%2FB%3E%3C%2FU%3E&moviename=hiking&headline=this%20is%20my%20new%20content%20system&fieldCount=4

Now I want to be able to pass this over to a PHP script which will then write this to a text file. I'm a PHP beginner and I'm familiar with some simple scripts to write to a text file. But thats only if I know the variable names already. But if the variable names will be different, how do I go about that??

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thanks,

Jiffy Loop

[Musicman]

Hi,

the loadvrs object should just send its vars to a php script with the POST method.
The php script should contain a list of expected variables

Musicman

[jiffyloop]

well I found one solution that seemed to work.

in Flash I just set a variable to equal my toString()

flashVariable = formData.toString()

then in PHP, I just created another variable

$newVariable = $flashVariable

There might be more efficient andf better ways to approach this, but this was the only way I could come up with. Musicman, if you could post some code that you think might help my situation, that would be great. I'm still unsure about what you said about "The php script should contain a list of expected variables". How do you call those or pull those up??

Jiffy Loop

[Musicman]

Code: [Select]


$varnames = array("ucredit","source","moviename",...)
foreach($varnames as $v)
{         if(isset($_POST[$v]))
               $data[] = "$v=" . urlencode($v);
}
$newdata = implode("&", $data);


Musicman

[jiffyloop]

thanks for the code Musicman...but my only problem is that the variable names will change and I'd like it to be more dynamic...I don't want to hardcode the variables in.

[Musicman]

Hi,

the hardcoded names are meant to protecrt you from idiots sending rubbish to your script.
A script that takesall post vars would be

Code: [Select]


foreach($_POST  as $v)
        $data[] = "$v=" . urlencode($_POST[$v]);
$newdata = implode("&", $data);


Musicman