Free PHP & FlashMX Guestbook/Shoutbox

programming flash
15

This is tremendous work. As someone largely ignorant of php, this was amazing. One modification that is easy and useful that I did was add the generic component scrollbar to the main text area “InstanceName_0” (of course I made the scrollbar much smaller). This allows people to write a little bit more in the text area.

My problem is this: I want to have this load into another .swf movie. Do I need to put “this” before each variable in the script as well as each reference to the timeline? If so, is that really all that I need to do, or do I need to change any of the php?

Thanks in advance…

Asianmoths

16

pretty good but why on earth does a window pop up when i write an entry?

17

Because I used LoadVars and it kept poping up. I’m working on fixing it, but I have been busy with school… :slight_smile:

18

really thats weird… anyways good work again!

19

*Originally posted by Jubba *
**Because I used LoadVars and it kept poping up. I’m working on fixing it, but I have been busy with school… :slight_smile: **


loadVariables("phpfile.php",target,"POST");

wont popup

:slight_smile:

20

thats my code. It still pops up.

21

Layer: Submit/script
Frame: 40
Line: 16


_root.dataLoader.loadVariables("shout.php", _root.dataLoader, "POST"); 
// changed "send" to loadVariables

no popup, but couldn’t check for data being send…

22

yeah i know about loadVariables and have been meaning to change it around, but I don’t have time to redo the file. Just been super busy with mid-term papers and tests and such… lots of school work this semester.

thanks for the heads-up :slight_smile:

23

Hmmm… the data doesn’t get sent with loadVariables…

24

fixed it. I scraped the entire LoadVars thing. It wasn’t working… went back to loadVariablesNum

IN the Submit Frame change this code:


_root.dataLoader.nName = _root.nName;
_root.dataLoader.nEmail = _root.nEmail;
_root.dataLoader.nMess = _root.nMess;
_root.dataLoader.send("shout.php", _root.dataLoader, "POST")

change it to this:


loadVariablesNum("shout.php", 0, "POST");

and you won’t get that annoying pop-up. For some reason LoadVars.Send likes to open a new window and there isn’t a way to close it without an alert… :slight_smile: But that code will fix it.

25

Hello I’m a mediocore flasher and I have no knowledge of PHP… I can’t seem to get this to work. The problem is that I cannot put my PHP files in the same folder with the rest of the files in my free host.

So can anybody help me point out what to change or redirect me to a free host that supports php in the same folder? thanks.

26

in the FLA flash file, you have to change the paths where it says LoadVariables or LoadVariablesNum

I believe the two locations are

Frame 2 in the Folder “Script”

then in the Folder “Submit” frame 40 change the entire code to this:


ok_but.onRelease = function() {
	if (_root.nName eq "" || _root.nName eq "**Enter Name!**") {
		_root.nName = "**Enter Name!**";
	} else if (_root.nMess eq "") {
		_root.nMess = "**Enter Message!**";
		//} else if (_root.nEmail eq "") {
		//_root.nEmail = "**Enter E-Mail!**";
	} else {
		TotalEntries = "";
		correct = "yes";
		_root.nPage = 1;
		loadVariablesNum("shout.php", 0, "POST");
		_root.gotoAndPlay('loading');
		_root.nName = "";
		_root.nEmail = "";
		_root.nMess = "";
	}
};
cancel_but.onRelease = function() {
	gotoAndPlay("View");
	_root.nName = "";
	_root.nEmail = "";
	_root.nMess = "";
};
27

Here is the new ZIP file. It should work without poping open a new window.

Let me know how it goes…

the link to see it in action again is:

http://www.livetoskateboard.com/shoutbox/newPHP/shout.html

28

nice job jubba :slight_smile:

29

wow! this is nice! thanks Jubba! now… my problem is how can i edit this, to the size i wanted, and how can i put this into action on my craft webpages as i dont have knowledge in PHP.

30

i would also like to get some help on loading into my movie - i tried loading the swf but it just keeps playing the loading animation forever, even thought i know it works for sure if you access it directly - someone PLEASE help!!!

31

yes this came in more than handy! thanks! umm except i tried to load the movie from anohter main.swf and nothing came up, how do i manipulate the code so that the the stuff will actually show?

32

as a note i am trying out eyezberg’s new attachment, i am trying to load his into another movie…but like nothing pops up… its awefully blank…

33

yes, I never did get an answer to that problem - I finally had to move on to another guestbook - you may want to try making sure your main movie and the shoutbox are in the same folder and modifying the paths to reflect this - I had the same problem on the new guestbook and that fixed it… maybe it can work with this one too…

34

i hoping someone can modify the paths for me, cuz i am not too knowledged in this path stuff. anyone?