# XML Connector Problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-connector-problems/195414>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 31, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-connector-problems/195414 "2006-07-31T16:05:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mrmyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mrmyers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mrmyers)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-connector-problems/195414/1 "2006-07-31T16:05:57Z")

</div>

Hello All!

Here is the goal: From within Flash, send two variables to a PHP script that takes those variables and runs a mySQL query, sends it back to Flash in XML format, and Flash then displays the information in a datagrid.

All of the backend is done and works well.

In Flash, I am using the xmlconnector to reciever the data and I have bound it to a dataGrid component.

To make sure I properly configured the xmlConnector, as well as correctly bound it to the dataGrid component, I created a PHP file that already had the two variables hard-coded so it does not rely upon input from the outside in order to properly generate the XML for Flash.

My actionscript was simple enough:

```auto

xmlConn.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML2.php";
xmlConn.trigger();

```

The above actionscript works fine as well.

However when I tried connecting to the original PHP file that needs inputted variables, the following AS code failed:

```auto

xmlConn.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML.php?variableOne=something&variableTwo=somethingElse";
xmlConn.trigger();

```

Why isn’t it as simple as giving the xmlConnector a URL with appended vars?:crying:

If the above code had worked, the next logical step would have been along the lines of:

```auto

var variableOne= varOneTextField.text;
var variableTwo= varTwoTextField.text;

dataXML.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML.php?variableOne="+variableOneInput+"&variableTwo="+variableTwoInput
xmlData.trigger();

```

Where has my understanding and/or logic failed here? Thank you for your help.

Take care,

Nate