Send an object to a php script

[Marcello2]

I have an object

var userArray:Object = new Object;
userArray[1] =(first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25);
userArray[2]=(first_name:"jane", family_name:"brown",age:27);

Is this code correct ?

var userArray : new LoadVars();
userArray.sendAndLoad("users.php",usersRegistered, "POST');

Thank you for your help.
marcello

[daveystew]

Nope.
Your object syntax is off:

userArray[1] =(first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25);

should be

userArray[0] ={first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25};

And you need to actually send the object. At the moment you're sending usersRegistered

[Marcello2]

I see.
What about

var userArray:Object = new Object;
userArray[0] =(first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25);
userArray[0]=(first_name:"jane", family_name:"brown",age:27);



var userArray : new LoadVars();
var myLoad: new LoadVars();
myLoad.onLoad=function(success) {
if (success) {
     trace(userArray);
}
else
{
     trace("error");
}




userArray.sendAndLoad("users.php",myLoad, "POST');

[daveystew]

Hey Marcello2,

OK - I'm confused by what you're trying to do, as I think you're mixing up your objects and variables.

Are you first sending data to the server, then second receiving a response from the server?

[Marcello2]

I am confused too about how to do it.
I want to send a two dimension array named userArray to my script php which will then record the data in mySQL
And then, of course, I want to load these data again in ActionScript.
I have not found a single exemple anywhere.

[daveystew]

OK. It's pretty simple.

To start with you need a Flash-native object to set up the data you will want to send.

var userArray:Array = new Array; // you need an array in this case
userArray[0] ={first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25}; // you need correct object syntax using {} curly braces
userArray[1] ={first_name:"jane", family_name:"brown",age:27};

Then you need to set up 2 objects. One to send your variables to the server, and one to receive the response.

1 - an object to receive whatever your server responds with (probably an XML string "<xml><result>All OK</result></xml>")

// Results will be XML, so we set up an XML object
var results:XML = new XML()

2 - The LoadVars class that does the sending and then loading

var lv: LoadVars    = new LoadVars(); // set up the class 

The onload handler will do something useful when the send and load has completed (as in Flash has received a response from the server, such as echo "<xml>.... ... </xml>").

lv.onLoad=function(success) {
if (success) trace(results); // remember this is an XML object we set up a minute ago
else trace("error");
}

Now you want to send the data.

lv.sendAndLoad("add-users.php", results, "POST");
// Send the data to "add-users.php"
// load the response into results
// do the send using the POST method 

It should just do it's thing, assuming that security is all sorted.

Is that clear?

[daveystew]

Originally Posted by Marcello2

I want to send a two dimension array

userArray[1] =(first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25);
userArray[2]=(first_name:"jane", family_name:"brown",age:27);

This is NOT a 2-dimensional array. It is a 1-dimensional array with 2 elements

[Marcello2]

Thanks ever so much, daveystew : this is very clear indeed.
In fact, I am a migrant from Visual basic 6 and I have lost my footing.
I suppose I have to study the arrays a lot more.
I wish I could find a tutorial with a classic array (id, first_name, family-name, age) that illustrates the Full Monty from Flash to php to SQL and back to PHP and Flash.
The difference in syntax between VB6 and ActionScript specialist is really difficult for me (I guess I am not the brightest coder in the block ).
I wish you a happy day. In Paris,it is quite dull and rainy.
marcello

[xxneon]

just an FYI.. you can not send an array object as it is to a php script .. you need to have all your values in one long string .. like for each object you will need to have a variable attached to your loadvars object ..

lets say you have your first object in your array.. and you want to send it ..

var userArray:Array = new Array; // you need an array in this case
userArray[0] ={first_name:"john", family_name:"smith",age:25};
var sendLv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var receiveLv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); // this might need changed depending on what your php script sends back.

receiveLv.onLoad = function(success){
    if(success){
        trace(this.response);//a variable that you can have your php echo when the data is successfully saved to the database.
        //and you can do whatever else you want too..
    }
}
sendLv.record1 = userArray[0].first_name+","+userArray[0].family_name+","+userArray[0].age;
sendLv.sendAndLoad("your.php",receiveLv,"POST");

and then in your php you will have a variable passed called record1 .. that you will have to split the string .. so you can get each part of your record that you want to save..

[daveystew]

Arrays in VB are a nightmare from what I remember! All that redim rubbish... achk!