Flash Remoting Question

[kdkr]

I am trying the php remoting tutorial done by Jesse and keep getting a 'File Download' dialog box when testing the 'http://localhost/test_remoting/simple_gateway.php' in my browser. It appears I have all the dir paths correct though. Testing 'http://localhost/phpinfo.php' was successful, as well as testing 'http://localhost/flashservices/app/Gateway.php' in which I got a blank screen. If anyone could help me in what I'm doing wrong, it would be greatly appreciated.

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome...

Did you install PHP on your local machine and what is the version number of the PHP and AMFPHP you have???

That error message normally means that your local server(IIS or Apache) cannot understand the PHP page...

But then, you said that phpinfo.php file was successfully executed... So, probably you can read the PHP version out of that page for me...

Another thing you might want to take a look is the directory sturucture of your AMFPHP files/directories... Go to the AMFPHP site and double check that you have the current version of AMFPHP and the file structure is the same as it is described in that place...

[kdkr]

Hi and thanks for the reply. I installed on my local machine(which is using IIS v5.1) the PHP version: 4.3.4 and MySQL Client API version 3.23.49. As for AMFPHP it was the 0.9.0 version. After downloading I extracted all the files into c\:inetpub\wwwroot\ creating the folder \flashservices.

[CyanBlue]

Sorry, I can't really check if that's the correct settings or not cuz I just formatted the hard drive and in the process of installing whatever I can at the moment...

The setup sounds about right though... Maybe you might want to post the sample you have right now as exactly as possible so that somebody else can download and install it to see if there's anything wrong with the setup???

[freddycodes]

Originally posted by kdkr
I am trying the php remoting tutorial done by Jesse and keep getting a 'File Download' dialog box when testing the 'http://localhost/test_remoting/simple_gateway.php' in my browser. It appears I have all the dir paths correct though. Testing 'http://localhost/phpinfo.php' was successful, as well as testing 'http://localhost/flashservices/app/Gateway.php' in which I got a blank screen. If anyone could help me in what I'm doing wrong, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thats by design, if you get the file download dialogue you are getting what you should. AMFPHP passes a amf mime type in the response headers. Regular browsers don't know what to do with them, thats why it asks you to download.

Anyways, the only real way to test the installation is to use flash. Are you running into any other problems.

[kdkr]

Then that's allright. Thanks. No other problems, not as of yet, but I'm sure I will, being new to PHP. Thanks again for your reply.

[CyanBlue]

Ah... Thanks freddy...

[trytodream]

I have the same exact problem with everything opening up fine execpt for the download box opening on the simple_gateway.php
But when i run the flash code for that tutorial, it just gives me three lines in the trace window and thats it. So the PHP connection doesnt work.
Its says this in the NetConnection Debugger:

DebugId: 0
EventType: "Status"
MovieUrl: "file:///C|/phpdev/www/public/test_remoting/talk.swf"
Protocol: "http"
Source: "Client"
Time: 1082698986889
Date (object #1)
....."Fri Apr 23 15:43:06 GMT+1000 2004"
Status (object #2)
.....code: 256
.....description: "This user is not does not have access to returnString"
.....details: "c:\phpdev\www\flashservices\app\Executive.php "
.....level: "User Error"
.....line: 295



Anyone know what the problem could be?

thanks

[Jesse]

I hear that removing the "roles" line from the method table resolves this issue.... Please try it and let me know. Credit to Sephiroth's site where I found this info...

[jtubert]

yes that worked....