How to run a php file from flex (mxml/actionscript?

Question

How do I execute php code which is in another file from my flex application?

The php code I want to execute (nice and simple)

 <?php
     echo "My first PHP script!";
 ?>

So I want the above to execute. So far I have this in my flex application:

 <mx:HTTPService id="userRequest" url="C:\Users\blah\blah\blah\src\ItemTableService.php" useProxy="false" method="POST">

    </mx:HTTPService>
</fx:Declarations>
<mx:Button label="Submit" click="userRequest"/>

So I'm running it locally at the moment. I think there needs to be something on "click-"userRequest.(somethinghere)"/> but not sure what it needs to be.

simion314 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-04 15:02:14Z

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I use the UrlLoader class

var url:String="example";
        var urlRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest(url);
        urlRequest.method=URLRequestMethod.POST;
    //use variables only if yu need them    
var variables : URLVariables = new URLVariables();
        variables.something=ex;
        urlRequest.data=variables;
        var urlLoader:URLLoader=new URLLoader();
        urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
        urlLoader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, onError);
        urlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,onError);
        urlLoader.load(urlRequest);

Try first your php n your browser see if you can get the correct url, it should be something with localhost or 127.0.0.1 like

http://localhost/myscript.php

Edit as Josh suggested in the comments you MUST have a web server with PHP support installed and setup.

edited Mar 4, 2014 at 15:02

answered Feb 28, 2014 at 17:10

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Josh Over a year ago

Worth noting that PHP requires server-software to run, too. Just having the file on your system is not enough, you'll need to be running Apache or similar (through XAAMP/WAMP/MAMP or similar, generally) to have it run.

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