# Getting Info off an HTML page into Flash MX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 7, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603 "2003-04-07T13:27:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![RageW0lf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RageW0lf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RageW0lf)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603/1 "2003-04-07T13:27:24Z")

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I am trying to get some news off an HTML page - I want to display the headlines in Flash MX.

How do I use PHP or another method to get what is written on this HTML to be displayed in my Flash document?

PS. Please bare in mind I have no skills whatsoever in PHP ☹

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603/2 "2003-04-07T17:24:57Z")

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Is [URL=http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ ts/documents/flashvars.htm]this what you’re looking for?🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603/3 "2003-04-08T09:00:20Z")

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It says “Page does not exist”

I was hoping for something else 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603/4 "2003-04-08T09:30:25Z")

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[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/flashvars.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/flashvars.htm)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-info-off-an-html-page-into-flash-mx/17603/5 "2003-04-08T14:47:30Z")

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thx for replies, I’ll check it out.
