# Flash Reading PhP: Receives '-' but not '+'

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-reading-php-receives-but-not/155976>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 21, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-reading-php-receives-but-not/155976 "2005-07-21T16:33:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-reading-php-receives-but-not/155976/1 "2005-07-21T16:33:14Z")

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Does anyone know why when using a php script and echo’ing something, which flash picks up, flash doesn’t “see” the character ‘+’, but it does see ‘-’ and ‘/’ and so on?

I know it’s a problem on flash’s end, as the php does echo ‘+’ fine. Also, is there a way to work around this problem?