# Can you search a textfile from flash?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628 "2003-04-30T00:39:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/1 "2003-04-30T00:39:49Z")
All my content comes from a textfile. I want to be able to search that textfile and display a result. Is this possibe?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/2 "2003-04-30T00:40:52Z")
i would use PHP to search the text file and then call it into Flash.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/3 "2003-04-30T00:45:11Z")
hmm. i cant find much on this. i am definatly not a php pro ☹
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/4 "2003-04-30T00:48:15Z")
can you give me more info and I will try to give ya a hand…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/5 "2003-04-30T01:04:37Z")
ok well first off, thanks you been a big help as of late. here’s what i need to do. i am doing a site that is all information on federal forms and things like that. i have my inteface with my conent window in the middle. my content window is a text box which reads from a text file. on my main interaface i woudl like to have a search box which searches the textfile and outputs a result… i knwo you can do this easily with asp and a db but i want to have my whole site in flash, and i would liek to keep the scripting outside of flash minimal as this is already a large project
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/6 "2003-04-30T02:06:51Z")
what exactly are you searching for? a particular string? any extra information you can give me would be helpful…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/7 "2003-04-30T02:24:31Z")
```php
mailText=
United States Postal Service (USPS) Home Page
--Site Map
--Addressing and Packaging Your Mail
--ZIP Code Look-up
--Postage Rates and Fees
--Domestic Rates and fees
--Calculate Domestic Postage
--International Rates and Fees
--calculate International Postage
--Track And Confirm
--Movers Guide
--Post Office Location
--Postal Periodicals and publications
--Domestic Mail Manual
--International Mail Manual
--Postal Forms
--Get a passport
--Passport Application Forms
Military Postal Service Agency
--Official Mail and Distribution Management
--Official Mail Cost Control program
--Compilation of Army Addresses
--Mail Facility Security and handling Suspicious Mail
--Department of Defense Postal Manual
--Military Post office Location List(MPOLL)
--Official Mail Manual
--Official Mail Management
Federal Express(FedEx)Home Page
--Site Index
--Find FedEx Drop-off Locations
--Rates
--Rates by Service
--Rates by Zone
--Rate Tables
--Track Shipments
--Alternate reference Tracking
--Signature Proof of Delivery
United Parcel Service (UPS) Home Page
--Site Guide
--Drop-Off Locator
--Zone and Rate Charts
--Quick Cost Calculator
--Tracking Number
--Reference Number
--Request Proof of Delivery
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-search-a-textfile-from-flash/19628/8 "2003-04-30T02:25:58Z")
that is my text file, i want to be able to search the different links.
(the html made the links actually work, im sure u have an idea what my code loosk like on the txt file