# id3.artist works locally but not on server

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/id3-artist-works-locally-but-not-on-server/311482>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 7, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/id3-artist-works-locally-but-not-on-server/311482 "2010-07-07T23:26:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/id3-artist-works-locally-but-not-on-server/311482/1 "2010-07-07T23:26:25Z")

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i inherited an old as2 mp3 player. i’m trying to read id3.artist from the mp3 playing. it gets it and displays fine locally but as soon as i put it on a server it always returns ‘undefined’. do i need some kind of a security file or something to read the id3 info?