Strange PHP issue, pretty basic.

[JoshuaJonah]

ok... i'm starting to freak out here.

I have this in a php file:

<?php
$news1 = "client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying you've received email from Mike below is Mike's info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove";
$news2 = "either way, I can use both. this on eits probably for email. Client info. but if you have for database than I need way way more sophisticated one. something like this";
$news3 = "when user fills outs a form it will also generate a login name and password for him for a login page where heshe can access additional information such as a budget, presentations, marketing tools etc.";
echo 'total=3&total=3&news1='.$news1;
?>
btw, yeah i just copy and pasted some text from the forums..:)

And i have this in AS:


news.onLoad = function() {
var i:Number = 1;
while (i<=news.total) {
var prev:Number = 0;
if (i==1) {
prev = 0;
} else {
prev = i-1;
}
news_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("article"+i,400+i);
news_mc["article"+i]._y = (news_mc["article"+prev]._y)+(news_mc["article"+prev]._height)+30
news_mc["article"+i].createTextField("date"+i, 501+i, 10, 0, 80, 20);
news_mc["article"+i]["date"+i].text = "SomeDate";
news_mc["article"+i].createTextField("news"+i, 601+i, 10, 20, 420, 40);
news_mc["article"+i]["news"+i].multiline = true
news_mc["article"+i]["news"+i].autoSize = "left";
news_mc["article"+i]["news"+i].html = true;
news_mc["article"+i]["news"+i].htmlText = news["news"+i];
i++;
}
}


and this is what i'm getting:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jjonah/wow.jpg

[JoshuaJonah]

ok update, my php appears to not like variables....hmm

<?php
$news1 = "client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove";

$news2 = "either way, I can use both. this on eits probably for email. Client info. but if you have for database than I need way way more sophisticated one. something like this";

$news3 = "when user fills outs a form it will also generate a login name and password for him for a login page where heshe can access additional information such as a budget, presentations, marketing tools etc.";

echo 'total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2='.$news2;
?>
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jjonah/wow001.jpg

[JoshuaJonah]

bump

[expensive_pen]

debug from the PHP and then from the flash, see what the actual page returns.

[bwh2]

this should work:

<?php
...
echo 'total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2=$news2';
?>

but, i'm also interested to know if this will work:

<?php
...
echo 'total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2='.$news2.'';
?>

or if this will work:

<?php
...
echo 'total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2='.$news2.'\'';
?>

[JoshuaJonah]

1. no.
2. no.
3. and no.

wow... this sucks. But so you know, other more complicated PHP scripts are working on my server fine...hmm

[expensive_pen]

i don't really program in PHP too much, but it seems that the one you claim should work, should not because PHP will not interpolate variable inside single quotes

[JoshuaJonah]

debug from the PHP and then from the flash, see what the actual page returns.
umm... it is just returning the literal variable, it's pretty clear.

[skOOb]

what about

<?php
...
echo "total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2=$news2";
?>
i realize your code should work with the single quotes, that is weird. worth a shot though.

[JoshuaJonah]

ummm. ok i have a breakthrough, but it's whacked.:S

This is what i get when i open the php in browser:

total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2=when user fills outs a form it will also generate a login name and password for him for a login page where heshe can access additional information such as a budget, presentations, marketing tools etc.

and im still getting the literal variable name in flash.... i think i'm gonna cry

[JoshuaJonah]

what about

<?php
...
echo "total=3&total=3&news1=client fills out a form with his info, submits it and than I receive email saying youve received email from Mike below is Mikes info along with 2 buttons (links) to Approve or disaprove&news2=$news2";
?>
i realize your code should work with the single quotes, that is weird. worth a shot though.

and nope.

[JoshuaJonah]

ok... next breakthrough, it works via browser but not locally when testing through flash...omg.

php: http://66.206.235.243:8080/demo/getnews.php
.fla: http://66.206.235.243:8080/demo/jj.fla
.swf: http://66.206.235.243:8080/demo/jj.swf

[JoshuaJonah]

nevermind, it was an issue with calling the php as:

news.sendAndLoad("./getnews.php",news);
doesn't work


news.sendAndLoad("http://66.206.235.243:8080/demo/getnews.php",news);
does

[JoshuaJonah]

i'm gonna go shoot people in BF2

[bwh2]

i don't really program in PHP too much, but it seems that the one you claim should work, should not because PHP will not interpolate variable inside single quotes
word. i very rarely interpolate variables to begin with, so i tend to forget that. such is life.

[JoshuaJonah]

so you guys know, umm... you can use variables inside sinle quotes in php 5:)