# Flash detects URL?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detects-url/217590>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 28, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detects-url/217590 "2007-02-28T04:06:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![youwh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/82dd89/32.png) [@youwh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/youwh)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-detects-url/217590/1 "2007-02-28T04:06:26Z")

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Is there anyway flash can detects the url by itself, and perform an action?  
Since flash could use getURL to change the url, so isit possible to read the url itself without any php or xml included?