# Connecting to XMLsocket works only when running on PC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/connecting-to-xmlsocket-works-only-when-running-on-pc/289817>\
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**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/connecting-to-xmlsocket-works-only-when-running-on-pc/289817 "2009-06-05T01:59:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![atokatim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@atokatim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atokatim)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/connecting-to-xmlsocket-works-only-when-running-on-pc/289817/1 "2009-06-05T01:59:04Z")

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I have done everything in my knowledge and everything i can find in Google to successfully connect to a simple php socket server that I create on my friends server. Here is the problem… I can connect to the server successfully as long as the flash file is not on the server. If I “run” the fla on my computer, it works perfectly. I also sent the SWF to my friend who owns the server and he was able to get it to work running from his computer. He had a security thing at first but was able to change his settings to get it to work. I have tried uploading the swf to one of my servers and run it but it did not work either.

As found in google, I added a crossdomain.xml file to the server and allowed any possible path that could be used. Nothing seems to work unless the flash is running straight off of the users computer. I have also tried the loadPolicyFile and it did not help either. Any help to get this working would be greatly appreciated!