# Output data to database file online

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911 "2008-06-01T17:53:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![JBPresents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@JBPresents](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JBPresents)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911/1 "2008-06-01T17:53:36Z")

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I am looking for a way to store data I would want from a flash game of mine. I could just manipulate a highscore table but i was looking for the specific function to maybe try and create my own  
thanks  
-JBPresents

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### Author: ![sparkdemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911/2 "2008-06-01T18:57:48Z")

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what exactly are you looking for ?

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### Author: ![JBPresents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@JBPresents](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JBPresents)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911/3 "2008-06-01T20:55:38Z")

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well i have a large amount of data i would like to output to a file so i can access it later and extrapolate useful information from pattern correlation

so i need a large file to continously write information too from multiple sources at once

I am thinking about just outputting to php and then to a database from the php file

however i don’t know any simple methods of writing to a php file

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### Author: ![sparkdemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sparkdemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sparkdemon)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911/4 "2008-06-01T22:47:55Z")

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var ldvar:LoadVars=new LoadVars();  
ldvar.variablename=value;  
ldvar.sendAndLoad(“htttp://yoursite.com/datahandler.php”,ldvar,“POST”);  
ldvar.onLoad=function(success:Boolean)  
{  
if(success)  
{  
trace(“sent successfully”);  
}  
}

//\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

//in php

$variable=$\_POST[‘variablename’];  
$fp=fopen(“data.txt”,“w+”);  
fwrite($fp,$variable);  
fclose($fp);

//---------------------------

try it… and remember to keep swf and php file under same domain while trying out

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### Author: ![JBPresents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@JBPresents](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JBPresents)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/output-data-to-database-file-online/261911/5 "2008-06-02T01:42:45Z")

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Thanks Sparkdemon I’ll let you know how it turns out 🙂
