# Can't Display Dynamic Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-display-dynamic-text/9280>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 9, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-display-dynamic-text/9280 "2002-12-09T00:52:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![overflow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/848f3c/32.png) [@overflow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/overflow)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-display-dynamic-text/9280/1 "2002-12-09T00:52:16Z")

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I do the same thing as it is shown in the tutorial but still the dynamic text area is empty when I run the page.  
I will write the things step by step so you may tell me about the problem  
I open my flash5  
I create a new empty text area  
I switch to dynamic text  
Single line is sleceted  
I select HTML and Border/Bg  
I enter test as a variable name  
Then I select the text area and convert it to a movie clip symbol  
Then I right click on the symbol and click actions  
I add the actions and the line looks like this  
onClipEvent (load) {  
loadVariables (“[http://localhost/test.php](http://localhost/test.php)”, “this”, “GET”);  
}  
Then I create the php file which looks exactly like this  
\<?php  
$x = “abc”;  
print $x;  
print “test=$x”;  
?\>  
Then I click publish in flash, it generates the files and when I goto [http://localhost/test.html](http://localhost/test.html) I see the text area I created but it is empty.  
I am nearly going mad I couldn’t find what is wrong, someone pls help me

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-display-dynamic-text/9280/2 "2002-12-09T14:26:53Z")

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You don’t need to cross-post. You only need to post in one place. Everyone checks every forum, and if the moderators think that you posted in the wrong place then they will move the thread. I already answered your question in the “Server-side scripting” Forum… 🙂 just fyi…

I’m sure a moderator will delete this thread shortly…