how to get the query string?

[retrotron]

Can somebody tell me how to get the query string? this._url always returns the value at compile time, which of course is my local file:///....myMovie.swf. I'd love to get everything after the question mark, e.g.

mydomain.com?test=test

Any ideas?

<edit>I know that you have to try this from a webserver, in which case it does the same thing, except http://... rather than file:///...</edit>

<edit>Is the only way to do this via javascript?</edit>

[nunomira]

hi,

here's a similar post

[retrotron]

Cool, thanks, so you're saying I do need to use js or flashvars.

[freddycodes]

Are you looking to get the GET variables that are in the query string of the page that contains the flash movie?

[nunomira]

hi freddycodes,

Is there any other way to do it?

[retrotron]

I'm just trying to come up with some system to direct the user to a particular section of a Flash movie based on the url. Something like

mydomain.com?page=section01
mydomain.com?page=section02

which would direct to frame "_section01" or "_section02" or whatever.

I'm thinking javascript/flashvars would be the easiest way to do that. Know a better way?

[freddycodes]

Nope, FLASHVARS would be the easiest, as the variables are available as soon as the movie loads. But if you want to change the FLASHVARS variables based on a query string, you could use PHP to do it easily. Is this an option. Like if the page loads as

http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?myVar=foo


<param name="FLASHVARS" value="myVar=<?php print $_GET['myVar']; ?>">

[retrotron]

Yeah, PHP will be an option in the future, though not at the moment, so maybe some javascript will accomplish the task until that time.

[CyanBlue]

You mean these, retrotron???

How to Get the URL typed in the Address Bar of the Web Browser
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/...&threadid=25815
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/...&threadid=25686

[retrotron]

hmm... I get a 404 on those links . . .