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You can simply retrieve the HTTP referrer header via php, store it somewhere and than serve your flash content...

 <?php

 // served from  http://yoursite.net/your_flash.php


 //read the referer header
 $referer_url = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']))?  $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : ""; 
 //store it somewhere...

 //read the swf file
 $swf=file_get_contents('flash_app.swf');
 //spit the flash content out with the proper header
 header('Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash');
 echo $swf;
 ?>

Embed code, to be pasted by third party websites in their HTML:

<object width="550" height="400">
 <embed src="http://yoursite.net/your_flash.php" width="550" height="400">
 </embed>
</object>

And 2009-08-10 15:50:10

I can't run the HTTP_REFERER if the flash is embedded in someone else's blog. They would just take the embedded code provided to them. I can't run anything on their server.

JustJon 2009-08-10 15:59:54

@justJon, the code i've just posted is meant to be executed by the server which distributes the swf file not by the third parties that embed your content..

And 2009-08-10 16:12:03

@And just means to create this wrapper file in PHP and stream the swf from it. To browsers, this looks like native flash because of the header. Call it myflash.php and hand it to users for inclusion. Or call it myflash.swf and use mod_rewrite.

Residuum 2009-08-10 16:26:02

@And Then when would that code be called? The user has an embed directly to the swf file. Would the embed call the php file which passes thru the swf?

JustJon 2009-08-10 16:29:30

@justJon, exactly! In this way the user is visiting your site without even knowing it :)

And 2009-08-10 16:38:04

@And Diabolical! I didn't even think of doing that. Thanks.

JustJon 2009-08-10 16:40:35

@justJon never heard about web bugs? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_bug

And 2009-08-10 16:46:41

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