# Flash text box to read a PHP variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-text-box-to-read-a-php-variable/318270>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 15, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-text-box-to-read-a-php-variable/318270 "2011-01-15T00:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![treeleaf20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@treeleaf20](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/treeleaf20)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-text-box-to-read-a-php-variable/318270/1 "2011-01-15T00:52:44Z")

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All,  
What is the best way to have a flash text box read a PHP session variable? I want to do something like show a shopping cart total price in the text box which would be stored in a PHP session variable. Thanks.