# Flash to edit XML file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-edit-xml-file/186558>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 22, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-edit-xml-file/186558 "2006-04-22T10:33:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![allywilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@allywilson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/allywilson)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-edit-xml-file/186558/1 "2006-04-22T10:33:48Z")

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Hi guys,  
I’m making a site for a friend and want them to be able to edit their data easily. I’ve been placing the content they would like to change within XML files, and calling them forth using PHP. Now, I was wondering if it’s possible to create a flash file that also calls forth the XML data - but allows it to be modified and saved back to the original file?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ally

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**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-edit-xml-file/186558/2 "2006-04-22T10:39:34Z")

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Flash cannot write XML files to disk. For that, you’ll need PHP to handle it.

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**Author:** ![allywilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@allywilson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/allywilson)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-edit-xml-file/186558/3 "2006-04-22T10:55:39Z")

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Ok, can anyone point me in the direction of something that will show me how to write to XML from PHP lol? I only thought of using Flash as it would make it easier on the users eye 🙂

Ta for the quick response,

Ally