# File Access?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 29, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112 "2002-09-29T23:56:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@Fantom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fantom)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112/1 "2002-09-29T23:56:26Z")

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Is there a program out there that saves Flash MX variables to file?

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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:** [September 30, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112/2 "2002-09-30T00:42:26Z")

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you can use PHP to store variables and input etc in a text file on the server or you can use cookies in flash to store them in the user’s browser

hope this helps

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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:** [September 30, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112/3 "2002-09-30T19:28:50Z")

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I was looking to store the variables locally not on a web server.

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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:** [September 30, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-access/6112/4 "2002-09-30T21:00:10Z")

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Use shared objects. There’s a tute here.

pom :elderly: