flash (as3) / php communication not as easy as in as2

Question

hi, i have a question... how to get a Var from php into an running flash application scripted in as3? There was a function called _root in as2 but it seems not to work in as3?!?

Is there a easy way (without a socket) to receive php vars in as3?

Thx

Answer 1

root.loaderInfo.parameters contains all flash vars.

Answer 2

I think you're talking about getting FlashVars from the embedded SWF, in AS2 they were attached to _root. Now they are attached to the LoaderInfo.parameters property for a particular loaded SWF object.

So to get the one from root you could do

var flashVars:Object = LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters;

And grab your loaded vars like this...

flashVars.myVar;