# Loading Text from External Sources

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-from-external-sources/74295>\
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**Created:** [December 27, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-from-external-sources/74295 "2004-12-27T18:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShyneRocc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@ShyneRocc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShyneRocc)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-from-external-sources/74295/1 "2004-12-27T18:50:02Z")

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I read \*\*chris99022’s \*\*article for loading text from external sources  
ANd i wanted to know how send variables from a php page to flash… Rather… how do i have the same php page that the flash is on send the variable to to the flash.

I tried something like this… but it didn’t work

\<object classid=“clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000” codebase=“[http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflas](http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflas) h.ca b#version=6,0,29,0” width=“550” height=“400”\>

\<embed src=“textbox.swf?text=? echo $text ?\>” " quality=“high” pluginspage=“[http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer)” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” width=“550” height=“400”\>

thanks