# Getting a variable from a php page?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-a-variable-from-a-php-page/168446
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 7, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-a-variable-from-a-php-page/168446 "2005-11-07T10:32:09Z")
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### Author: ![joakimlinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joakimlinden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joakimlinden)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-a-variable-from-a-php-page/168446/1 "2005-11-07T10:32:09Z")

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I’m completely new to php and loadVars and all these things, so I don’t know what information about these things is relevant…

Here’s what I need help with:

I have created a video player interface which loads external flv’s. Now I’d like to integrate this into a live site, a site that I have not built myself.

There will be a list of clips on the page, the list is taken from a mySql database and displayed with info, a thumbnail and a link. When you click the link, a popup window is supposed to be launched and in it the video clip will be played inside my player.

I will need to get the filename into flash somehow… This is my problem.

I hope someone knows what I’m trying to explain… C:-)