# Flash to tap into a wordpress database? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [April 2, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144 "2006-04-02T17:48:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![digiLan2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@digiLan2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digiLan2005)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144/1 "2006-04-02T17:48:47Z")
Hey Everyone, Does anyone have any experience using actionscript to tap into a wordpress database (movable-type)? I’m just wondering how difficult this would be or if anyone has been successful with this. Cheers, Anders ---
**Author:** ![rhamej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144/2 "2006-04-02T22:29:22Z")
You would have to use a server side script like php. Then have flash communicate with the php. Flash by itself cant connect to a database. ---
**Author:** ![McGuffin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mcguffin/32/408_2.png) [@McGuffin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/McGuffin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144/3 "2006-04-02T22:56:21Z")
I’m doing something similar at the moment with my own databases, that I’ll be using for a custom blogging engine. It’s quite complex, really. It wouldn’t be hard to simply pull the data from the database, but if you’re planning on using that data for proper display (ie. navigation, etc.) it will get quite complex very fast. I wouldn’t go in without first learning PHP and getting more simple systems implemented into Flash.