Connecting Flash to a database

talkToDB = function (email, messageBox) {
	// set up LoadVars Object
	lv = new LoadVars();
	// this function is triggered when the data is sent back from DB
	lv.onLoad = function() {		displayReturned(this.email, this.messageBox);
	};
	// format datastring and send to database
	lv.email = email;
	lv.messageBox = messageBox;
	lv.sendAndLoad(DBPATH, lv, 'POST');
};
displayReturned = function (email, messageBox) {
	// show data returned from PHP script
	returnedEmail.text = email;
	returnedMessage.text = messageBox;
};
//path to php script & database
_global.DBPATH = 'http://www.wangbar.co.uk/php/get_tektips.php';
//button event
sendButton.onRelease = function() {
	talkToDB(yourEmail.text, yourMessage.text);
};
//
stop();

<?
#connect to database (separate script)
include 'connect.php';

#retrieve variables from Flash
$email=$_POST[email];
$messagebox=$_POST[messagebox];

#insert values into the database
$query="INSERT INTO tektips (email,message,date) VALUES ('".$email."','".$messagebox."',NOW())";

#check that the procedure ran properly otherwise throw error
$result=mysql_query($query) or die("mysql error while trying to run <b>$query</b>:".mysql_error());

#format and return variables to Flash
$returnedData="&email=$email&messagebox=$messagebox&";
echo $returnedData;
?>