How to pass PHP variable as FlashVars via SWFObject
- by Matt
I am trying to take a PHP variable and pass it along to Flash via Flash vars. My end goal is to pass a string formatted as XML to Flash, but because I'm struggling I've stripped everything down to the basics. I'm just trying to pass a simple PHP string variable to Flash via FlashVars with SWFObject but something isn't right. The page won't load when I try to pass the variable inside of php tags, but it will load if I just pass a hard coded string. The basic structure of my page is that I have some PHP declared at the top like so:
PHP
<?php
$test = "WTF";
?>
Some HTML (excluded here for simplicity sake) and then the JavaScript SWFObject Embed within my HTML:
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var swfURL = "swfs/Init-Flash-PHP.swf";
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.theXML = <?php print $test ?>;
var params = {};
//params.menu = "false";
params.scale = "showAll";
params.bgcolor = "#000000";
params.salign = "TL";
//params.wmode = "transparent";
params.allowFullScreen = "true";
params.allowScriptAccess = "always";
var attributes = {};
attributes.id = "container";
attributes.name = "container";
swfobject.embedSWF(swfURL, "container", '100%', '100%', "9.0.246", "elements/swfs/expressinstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
// ]]>
</script>
And the bare essentials of the ActionScript 3 Code:
_paramObj = LoaderInfo(stage.loaderInfo).parameters;
theText_txt.text = _paramObj['theXML'];
How do I pass a PHP variable using SWFObject and FlashVars?
Thanks.
