# PHP var into Flash - it works, but it doesn't
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [July 17, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856 "2003-07-17T01:29:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Freddythunder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Freddythunder)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/1 "2003-07-17T01:29:52Z")
Hey all again,
I’m still dealing with that same stupid Login thing, but it’s a little different this time. When I got it to work, one of the variables ‘status’ is a textbox that say’s whether or not ‘you’re in’ or ‘no soup for you’.
Now all I want to do is xfer a variable that I can use in a gotoAndPlay thing. I’ve tried a thousand times and have searched through the forums here. I tried Ahmed’s script that starts with lv=new LoadVars(); That didn’t work either. I hope it’s something dumb!!!
Here’s my stuff:
```php
//last lines
if ( $numRow ){
$auth = 1;
print "_root.container.checklog=1&_root.container.status=You're in!!";
} else {
$auth = 0;
print "_root.container.checklog=0&_root.container.status=You're out!!";
}
}
?>
```
[AS]
status = “receiving variables”;
loadVariables(“htmllogintext.php”, this, “POST”);
if(checklog = “1”){
gotoAndStop(62);
}
if(checklog = “0”){
gotoAndStop(61);
}
[/AS]
Can you not use varibles in this way? The script works because the textBox ‘status’ displays what it is supposed to.
Thank you anyone!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/2 "2003-07-17T02:52:35Z")
take the “\_root.container.” out
php should look like this:
```php
if ( $numRow ){
$auth = 1;
print "checklog=1&_root.container.status=You're in!!";
} else {
$auth = 0;
print "checklog=0&_root.container.status=You're out!!";
}
}
?>
```
that should work…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/3 "2003-07-17T03:58:50Z")
That didn’t do it. Would there be a prob because the movie that’s calling the vars is a movie loaded into a movie?
I also made a textbox with the var ‘checklog’ to see if it’s working and it stays blank. Is the path messed up?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/4 "2003-07-17T08:08:53Z")
Post your fla
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/5 "2003-07-17T22:48:01Z")
Files - thanks Eyez
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/6 "2003-07-17T22:51:16Z")
…And here’s the PHP script - just in case anyone wants to see it. I really don’t think that’s the problem.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/7 "2003-07-19T20:13:11Z")
Bump???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/8 "2003-07-19T21:26:22Z")
in your PHP:
$numRow = mysql\_numrows( $result );
should be
$numRow = mysql\_num\_rows( $result );
and
print “checklog=1&\_root.container.status=You’re in!!”;
should be
print “&checklog=1&status=You’re in!!”;
(there’s no “container” in that fla, and status being on the \_root, that’s all you should need…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/9 "2003-07-20T02:34:35Z")
I’ll try the ampersand in front of the var checklog. That fla is actually loaded into a different swf called ucs. Will I need to target the variable when it’s loaded into another movie like the status textbox needs to be?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-var-into-flash-it-works-but-it-doesnt/25856/10 "2003-07-22T01:56:28Z")
I tried the changes as you suggested and it still does the same thing. The status text box still changes the way it’s supposed to but the gotoAndPlay(5); still doesn’t work. Was that the only idea you had? I’m lost…:\*(
I’ll post the fla again becuase it has changed a few hundred times. Thanks for any help!!