String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string...

[Zomis]

I really don't understand why this won't work? I've made a test which sends some POST data to a script on my page which works fine. But why does not this work?

            var mapsize = _cmap.fieldx.toString(16) + _cmap.fieldy.toString(16);
            var names = "Zomis_AI6";
            var description = "descr";
            var result = "gameresult";
            var upldata: String = "mapsize="+mapsize+"&names="+names+"&description="+description+"&result="+result;
            trace(upldata);
            var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables(upldata);
            var request2:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
            request2.url = "http://www.zomis.net/record.php";
            request2.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
            request2.data = variables;
            var loader2:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
            loader2.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
            loader2.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, uploadcomplete);
            try    {
                loader2.load(request2);
                trace("Loaded");
            }
            catch (error:Error)    {
                trace("Unable to load URL");
            }

Tracing gets:

mapsize=1010&names=Zomis_AI6&description=descr&result=gameresult
Loaded
Error: Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs.
    at Error$/throwError()
    at flash.net::URLVariables/decode()
    at flash.net::URLVariables$iinit()
    at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader::onComplete()

[Zomis]

I found the solution!

I thought that the error message was because of the variables passed to the php page, but it's actually about everything that is received from PHP. Changing in the code to:

			loader2.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;

Solved the problems

[dandare]

this is such stupid bug! I spend lots of time till I found http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s....php3?t=196454
In other words URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES renders as "variables", not "VARIABLES"

... adobe do something!!!!

[Digitalosophy]

Originally Posted by Zomis

I found the solution!

I thought that the error message was because of the variables passed to the php page, but it's actually about everything that is received from PHP. Changing in the code to:

            loader2.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;

Solved the problems

Thanks mine too

[wvxvw]

Please vote for this issue if you don't want to see that error again
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1666

[Digitalosophy]

^ Voted

[snowboardfoo]

Nice, mine too. I was debugging a while under the same impression, that sending to PHP was the issue...

It's a common erorr... Mainly b/c it's a bit misleading with the whole concept of "sendAndLoad" from AS2 coming over into the stricter OOP AS3 style- the ".dataFormat" property of the URLLoader class used in this context doesn't clue you in if the "data" you're setting the format for is going out or coming in... I mean, it is a URLLoader not URLSender class, but in many cases this is being used to send to PHP in the AS2 "SendAndLoad" fashion, and the load portion is just the response from the sever side script...

[viaria]

this solved mine to, thanks.. but i need help something similer too, i am receiving data from php file
like this:
if(mail(bla bla)){
$sendresult= "success"
} else {
$sendresult= "failed"
}

how do i get that variable ($sendresult) from actionscript,

i have an event to know php file loaded, but i need to learn if mail sent,
i hope i didn't mess up, thanks..