# Flash combo box from mysql \\ php

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**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-combo-box-from-mysql-php/300146 "2009-11-16T21:44:09Z")\
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Hi all, I’m new to flash and action script.  
I’m looking at flash to make my Access database into a Flash front end.  
I have looked around quite a bit and I can not answer the question:

Can flash map a control source and text (i’m sure they are not the right terms) to a combo box?  
(from a PHP script)  
ie, from a table can the combo box use StationID and display StationName? from a station table?

I am following tutorials at the moment but none of them seem to touch on this.

Mind leading me in the right direction?

afterthought. I’m sure If flash doesn’t do this that I could have 2 combo box’s with the same record but different fields, when one updates, it changes the index on the other. this should work but I don’t know enough about flash as yet.

but still, having the ID and the name in the same combo box as text and control would be great. I have asked this same question on another forum, and no one has answered so I am asking it here.