create links in AS3 with PHP - php

Question

I've got this code that retrieve data from my SQL Data Base into my AS3 code.
My table (data base) has this rows : "id", "title", "price", "information", "mail".
In my AS3 code I loaded "title".
Php Code :
header('Content-type: application/json');
$ts = gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT";
header("Expires: $ts");
header("Last-Modified: $ts");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
$num = mysql_numrows($sql_result);
$phptheTitle = "";
$obj = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result)) {
$theTitle = $row["theTitle"];
$phptheTitle = $phptheTitle.' </br> '.$theTitle;
$datas = array();
$datas['theTitle'] = $row["theTitle"];
$datas['prix'] = $row["prix"];
$obj[] = $datas;
}
echo json_encode( array('products' => $obj) );
mysql_free_result($sql_result);
mysql_close($connection);
?>
AS3 code :
function categorieSelected(evt:Event):void {
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://www.mywebsite.com/find_annonces.php");
urlReq.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var urlVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
urlReq.data = urlVars;
trace("typeSelected");
urlVars.categorie = evt.target.value;
trace(urlVars.categorie);
varLoader2.load(urlReq);
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader (urlReq);
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
loader.load(urlReq);
trace(urlReq);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
}
function loadComplete(evt:Event):void {
trace("loadComplete");
var myResult:String = evt.target.data;
trace(myResult);
output_txt.htmlText = myResult;
var datas :Object = JSON.parse( myResult );
var products :Array = datas && datas.products ? datas.products : [];
var len:int = products.length;
for( var i:int = 0; i<len; ++i ){
trace( products[i].title, products[i].price );
}
}
So my output_txt is displaying all items in the row "title".
Now, is it possible to create a link for each title(in AS3) ?
In order to display "price", "information", "mail" when we click on the title(each title has their own "price", "information" and "mail", contain in my database).
Exemple :
The AS3 code displays "Computer". When I click on "ipod Touch" it displays "price", "information" and "mail" that is contains in my database.
Here's a short video of what I'd like to do : http://sendvid.com/whdm4sjf
EDIT
So with the help of Aaron, the code works a little bit better.
In my AS3, the user can choose a "categorie" in order to displays all the titles contains in the categorie.
For that I've put this $categorie = $_POST['categorie']; in PHP
And this code in AS3
var loader5:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var varLoader2:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
varLoader2.dataFormat=URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
varLoader2.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler2);
function categorieSelected(evt:Event):void {
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://www.brousse-en-folie.com/sondage/convertXML.php");
urlReq.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var urlVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
urlReq.data = urlVars;
trace("typeSelected");
urlVars.categorie = evt.target.value;
varLoader2.load(urlReq);
loader5.load(new URLRequest("http://www.brousse-en-folie.com/sondage/convertXML.php"));
loader5.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, complete);
}
But it seems that with the JSON loading, there is a conflict and I've got this error with the function categorieSelected
Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs.
Here's a short video of the problem : http://sendvid.com/18rr26rb

Answer 1

Here's a rough idea of what I would do:
Return all your data as XML or JSON. For example you can use PHP json_encode to return the SQL results as JSON.
Load the JSON into AS3 using URLLoader and JSON.parse.
Now you have an Array of data you can iterate over and display list items.
Add a click handler to each display list item that will hide the list, and show a detailed view.
You can accomplish this many ways, here's one simple example:
PHP
$products = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result)) {
$products[] = array(
"title" => $row["theTitle"],
"price" => $row["thePrice"]
);
}
echo json_encode($products);
Which should output valid JSON like this:
[
{
"title": "Product 1",
"price": 100
},
{
"title": "Product 2",
"price": 200
},
{
"title": "Product 3",
"price": 300
}
]
AS3
Load the JSON and render it out:
var products:Array;
var list:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(list);
var details:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(details);
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("products.php"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, complete);
function complete(e:Event):void {
products = JSON.parse(loader.data) as Array;
for(var i:int = 0; i < products.length; i++){
createListItem(i, products[i]);
}
showList();
}
function createListItem(index:int, item:Object):void {
var listItem:TextField = new TextField();
listItem.text = item.title;
listItem.y = index * 20;
listItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function(e:MouseEvent):void {
showDetails(item);
});
list.addChild(listItem);
}
function showList():void {
details.visible = false;
list.visible = true;
}
function showDetails(item:Object):void {
list.visible = false;
details.visible = true;
details.text = "Price: " + item.price + "\nInformation: " + item.information + "\nMail: " + item.mail;
}
This is just a rough start to give you an idea.