Multiplayer Game, XML, PHP, MYSQL, etc

[PmtAce]

>>>I am trying to start making multiplayer games. I have a few ideas of how to make a multiplayer game for flash, but I am having troubles with almost all of them. If you have a better way of how to do it, please tell me.
>>>My first way is to load variable from xml into flash. I would then display all the information, like where the players are, etc. I would have the person be able to do something. I would then send the variables to a php document that would record the info into a xml document. I am having major complications with all of it.
>>>Another way I thought would work was to connect to a Mysql database. However, I found there was no way to do so.
>>>Could someone tell me how to do this one of the ways, or if there is a better way to do this.

 

[billwatson]

you have the right idea

have flash send variables to be stored to a php file which will send them to a mysql backend

when a player logs in you can grab the info from mysql and have php either send the variables straight to flash or have php send them to flash as xml

 

[PmtAce]

Thx for the reply. I get it now, but I have heard of an even faster way of doing it. XML Socket connection. I understand how it works completely, except how it recieves/sends data. I understand to use xmlObject.send("string"), but how do I send multiple things at once and be able to pick it apart. For example, in a game I might want to send a players x and y cordinates. Do I save the string as <left>value</left><top>value</top>, then send it, and when I load it I say
XMLSocket.onData = function(msg)
{
player1._x = msg.childNode[0].nodeValue;
player1._y = msg.childNode[1].nodeValue;
}
Thanks for the other response, and could you please help me with this way 2.