How Do I get name/values pairs in URL?

[AlbertAguirre]

My flash movie is part of my PHP page.
I want to be able to read the URL and do something with the flash movie. How?

Example:
URL:

HTTP://www.mydomain.com/myPage.php?var=test

Flash logic: If var = "test" then start the movie in a different location

Please help...

 

[jstreich]

Well, haven't used PHP much at all, but you have to send the data with PHP and use a geturl (using GET or POST), in this case a GET would probably be what you want.

 

[wangbar]

In the php page where you have your flash file embedded modify the code where the movie is named to something like this:

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=&quot;myMovie.swf?var='.$test.'&quot;> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF>

The value of 'var' will now be available as a variable on the movie's main timeline.

 

[AlbertAguirre]

wangbar you rock! Thank you!

 

[AlbertAguirre]

So wierd, now it seems to be loading the movie every time.
Its like its not keeping it in cache.

Is this related to passing the value to the main timeline?

 

[AlbertAguirre]

What does the flasdh code look like?
This:
if(/:var=1)
{
blah bah...
}

Is this correct?