RE: [amfphp] PHP Session Handling

[E O. <com...@ho...>]

Rick,

For me, making sessions work was just:

<code>
session_start();
$_SESSION["fooVar"];
</code>

at the top of my service lib. I don't know if you tried that.

Regards,
E Okyere

-----Original Message-----
From: amf...@li...
[mailto:amf...@li...] On Behalf Of Rick =
Widmer
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 7:42 PM
To: amf...@li...
Subject: [amfphp] PHP Session Handling

I have now gotten session passing working.  (At least it looks like it=20
is working, as it passes the right session ID values around.  I still=20
need to work in actually using variables within the session.)


What you need to do:


In the flashapp.html file look for two places that reference the .swf=20
file you are embedding.  One works for IE and the other for Netscape.


<PARAM NAME=3Dmovie VALUE=3D"flashapp.swf"> <PARAM...

becomes

<PARAM NAME=3Dmovie VALUE=3D"flashapp.swf<?=3D$PHPSESSID?>"> <PARAM...

and

<EMBED src=3D"flashapp.swf" quality=3Dhigh bgcolor=3D...

becomes

<EMBED src=3D"flashapp.swf?<?=3D$PHPSESSID?>" quality=3Dhigh =
bgcolor=3D...

Of course you will also need to rename flashapp.html to flashapp.php,=20
and add a call to  session_start()  before you let it start to paint the =

page.  I put it at the very top of the page.



In your flash movie you need to change the gatewayurl definition:

var gatewayurl =3D "http://dictionary.deafschool.net/gateway.php";

becomes:

var gatewayurl =3D=20
"http://dictionary.deafschool.net/gateway.php?PHPSESSID=3D" + SessionID;

You can use a variable name other than SessionID, but be sure that you=20
use the exact same name in the <PARAM> <EMBED> and  when you append it=20
to the gatewayurl.


Finally, add a call to   session_start()  at the top of your gateway.php =

file, and you can maintain a PHP session as you move in and out of =
Flash.

It is quitting time now, when I get back to work Monday I will look into =

a way to start a PHP session from within flash if one has not already=20
been created.

For testing you can create a dynamic text field and enter a valid PHP=20
session id into it.  If the variable bound to this text field matches=20
the name of the variable part of your gatewayurl (I used SessionID) then =

you can keep a session alive while you are testing from the Flash IDE.

Once I had a valid session ID, I just copied it into the field as a=20
default value, and the session was re-opened every time I called AMFPHP.

Rick



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