# Loadvariables working for input boxes but not for static variables

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**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvariables-working-for-input-boxes-but-not-for-static-variables/274266 "2008-10-27T20:34:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![rikiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@rikiu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rikiu)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvariables-working-for-input-boxes-but-not-for-static-variables/274266/1 "2008-10-27T20:34:38Z")

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ok so ive been successful posting variables to a php file from input boxes but for some reason i cant send static variables to php or im doing it wrong.

basically what i want to do is say

on(release){  
var = “something”;  
loadVariables(“test.php”, “POST”);  
}

so the variable thats sent is “something”.

heres what i have

actionscript on my button:

```
ActionScript Code:
[LEFT][COLOR=#993300]on[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]Press[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR] compare = [COLOR=#0000FF]"testing"[/COLOR]; [COLOR=#993300]loadVariables[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]"test.php"[/COLOR], [COLOR=#0000FF]"POST"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]; [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]

```

[/LEFT]

php that its posting to:

```
PHP Code:
[LEFT] [COLOR=#000000] [COLOR=#0000bb]&lt;? 

```

$input [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$\_POST[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]‘compare’[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]];  
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$data [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]strip\_tags[/COLOR]COLOR=#007700;  
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$var [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]“frm=” [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]. [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$data[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700];

[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$filename [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]“worked.txt”[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700];  
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$handle [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]fopen[/COLOR]COLOR=#007700 or die([/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]“can’t open file”[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]);  
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]fwrite[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$handle[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700], [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]$var[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]);  
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]fclose[/COLOR]COLOR=#007700;

[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]?\>[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/LEFT]

guess im stumped