Get variables fom a txtor php file - php

Question

I have this code on .fla file
fm_button.visible = false;
var menu_label:Array = new Array("Introduction", "Products", "Services",
"Testimonials", "Our Company", "Contact Us");
var total:Number = menu_label.length;
var i:Number = 0;
var page:Number;
var main_menu:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
stage.addChild(main_menu);
for (i = 0; i < total; i++)
{
var btn = new flashmo_button();
btn.name = "btn" + i;
btn.x = fm_button.x;
btn.y = fm_button.y + i * ( fm_button.height + 10 );
btn.buttonMode = true;
btn.item_no = i;
btn.flashmo_click_area.addEventListener( Event.ENTER_FRAME, btn_enter );
var each_substring:Array = menu_label[i].split("|");
btn.flashmo_button_label.fm_label.text = each_substring[0];
btn.item_url = each_substring[1];
main_menu.addChild(btn);
}
function btn_over(e:MouseEvent):void
{
e.target.parent.over = true;
}
function btn_out(e:MouseEvent):void
{
e.target.parent.over = false;
}
What i want is to get this values:
("Introduction", "Products", "Services", "Testimonials", "Our
Company", "Contact Us");
from a text or php file named menu.php or menu.txt
Is this possible?

Answer 1

Why you need read from .php file?
Is this client-server communication?
In that case, when .fla file loads by client browser over http(s) you should do something like this:
menu.php (for example put this file to document root folder):
<?php $menu = array('Elem1', 'Elem2');
echo json_encode($menu); ?>
.fla:
var sendData:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest('/menu.php');
request.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(request);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleted);
So, your .fla are doing query to server and get's list of categories (onCompleted method receive data).
If this is not server-client communication, you should use other file format, because .php is not a data storage )