# Textfield not showing in browser but in preview

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-not-showing-in-browser-but-in-preview/246148>\
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**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-not-showing-in-browser-but-in-preview/246148 "2007-12-07T15:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![christiang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@christiang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/christiang)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-not-showing-in-browser-but-in-preview/246148/1 "2007-12-07T15:09:53Z")

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Hi again! More weird problems, I’m like a magnet.

I create a textfield object using AS3, then I use a URLLoader to get data from a MYSQL database via a PHP script. It all works well when I’m viewing through “Publish Preview -\> Flash” but when I view using a browser the text never shows.

Anyone that know what this might be?

```auto

var bodyText:TextField = new TextField();
bodyText.multiline = true;
bodyText.textColor = 0xffffff;
bodyText.x = (stage.stageWidth - bodyText.width)/2;
bodyText.y = (stage.stageHeight - bodyText.height)/2;
stage.addChild(bodyText);

//Start loading external data
var bodyTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
bodyTextLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
bodyTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onDataLoad);
try{
    bodyTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://localhost/posts.php"));
}
catch(error:Error){
    trace("crap!");
}

function onDataLoad(evt:Event)
{
    bodyText.htmlText = "<b>"+evt.target.data.Body+"</b>";
    trace("onDataLoad!");
}

```