Question

I Have a unique id generated for each record that I store into the database I want to pass that id to PHP and run a select statement against that and get a value back from the database and pass it back to flash, what is the best possible way to do it?

PS: I am using AS3

Answer 1

You have to call the php script which makes the sql connection and gets the value.

Here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/flash/net/URLLoader.html#includeExamplesSummary

The important part is here:

public function URLLoaderExample() {         var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();         configureListeners(loader);          var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest('urlLoaderExample.txt');         try {             loader.load(request);         } catch (error:Error) {             trace('Unable to load requested document.');         }     } 

And here:

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {         var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);         trace('completeHandler: ' + loader.data);          var vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables(loader.data);         trace('The answer is ' + vars.answer);     } 

In your php script you just have a print at the end:

<?php    $value = Select Statement to get that damn value out of the damn database    print $value; ?> 

You will be able to read $value out of loader.data.