# Whats the Flash equivalent to load URL?

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**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-flash-equivalent-to-load-url/239300 "2007-09-20T09:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Torq](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/torq/32/2378_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Torq)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-flash-equivalent-to-load-url/239300/1 "2007-09-20T09:46:00Z")

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Basically what I have is a url that PHP will run if you call get\_headers(). I’m looking for a similar command in Flash. I’ve tried load(), and send(). load() says retrieving but it doesn’t seem to work. send() works but it always opens a new window when it shouldn’t.

Let’s say I want to increase a counter with a url, say for example:  
[http://domain.com/counter.php?act=count&method=increase](http://domain.com/counter.php?act=count&method=increase)

I would need Flash to run that URL in the background. Can that be done?

Thanks in advance