# Components and Variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/components-and-variables/161285>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/components-and-variables/161285 "2005-09-02T13:48:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![phish007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@phish007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phish007)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/components-and-variables/161285/1 "2005-09-02T13:48:43Z")

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Ok im making a flash based form using PHP… how do you give a textinput and textarea component a variable name…or is thisnot possible…my properties panel only allows me to apply an instance name…