Loading files with extension data from POST send - php as3 - php

Question

I'm trying to work out from an old as2 tutorial how to amend a script for as3/php eCard system for a business card but I can't find reference anywhere to how you'd do the following :
AS2 :
loadVariablesNum ("http://www.theSite.com/Cards/bCard/"+BcardText+".txt", 0);
AS3 :
// setup URLLoader
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
// event listener for function when loaded
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, varsLoaded);
// file URLRequest
loader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.theSite.com/Cards/bCard/"+BcardText+".txt"));
// set the variables from the data.txt file
function varsLoaded (event:Event):void {
//Load Data
cName.text = loader.data.cName;
cDescription.text = loader.data.cDescription;
}
With this it kicks out the following error message :
Error opening URL 'http://www.theSite.com/Cards/bCard/undefined.txt'
Error: Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs.
at Error$/throwError()
at flash.net::URLVariables/decode()
at flash.net::URLVariables()
at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()
I can't work out where or how you define the +BcardText+ for it to pull it in.
Any help would be gratefully received.
I'm not sure If I'm even close as its from as2, it seems the logical approach for loading it but I've not dealt with external files having parameters before.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help out in anyway!
NEW LOADER - FIXED!!!
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.theSite.com/Cards/bCard/"+BcardText+".txt");
loader.load(request);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loaderIOErrorHandler);
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
function loaderIOErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void{
trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
}
// set the variables from the .txt file
function completeHandler (event:Event):void {
//trace("Content: " + loader.data);
this.Variable1.text = loader.data.Variable1; //Whatever dataField1 you saved as
this.Variable2.text = loader.data.Variable2; //Whatever dataField2 you saved as
}
Then you just setup FlashVars to distinguish the +BcardText variable in the loader prior to committing it!

Answer 1

BcardText was a variable defined in the as2 project. Look around (maybe on previous frames?) and you should find where it got declared. It looks like an ID to represent the card. So each card has a unique file 12345.txt, 09876.txt etc.

Answer 2

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.theSite.com/Cards/bCard/"+BcardText+".txt");
loader.load(request);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loaderIOErrorHandler);
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
function loaderIOErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void{
trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
}
// set the variables from the .txt file
function completeHandler (event:Event):void {
//trace("Content: " + loader.data);
this.Variable1.text = loader.data.Variable1; //Whatever dataField1 you saved as
this.Variable2.text = loader.data.Variable2; //Whatever dataField2 you saved as
}
Then you just setup FlashVars to distinguish the +BcardText variable in the loader prior to committing it!
Have scoured the Internet and gone half mad working this out but finally chuffed to say I broke it's back...!
A big thanks for helping point me in the right direction guys. #Jason #Eugen
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