flash & mySQL
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- smartK
can anyone point me to some tutorial or article or just give me general hints?
- hulja0
hint:
you'll get the most out of it by learning Flash/XML/PHP/MySQLthat combination works wonders :)
- smartK0
do I really need xml??
- hulja0
you can work without it. i did before picking it up. .. xml is mind boggling to work with in actionscript. but it's a since to output with php.
with xml, you have a LOT more control over your flash, like with movie clips, graphics..etc.
there are some fairly good books out there covering it. one is XML in Flash by Swann and Caines (QUE publishing). also DON'T get the FOE book on it.. the only sample it works with througout the book is a tarrot card app :o
- unfittoprint0
I only use XML in Flash when I don't have the need for MySQL databases (CD-ROMs, portfolio content -URL and text, etc.). For a dynamicly changeable database (newsfeed, event calendar, forum, external XML parsing) i'll use only PHP and MySQL. My opinion is that only the necessary tools to fetch the information are advisable.
- hulja0
i think it depends on how far you want to stretch your creativity. just fetching data is pretty dull. it's what you do with the data that's makes the work fun.
with xml you can just do much more. the more i work with it, the more i wonder how i worked without it before.
anyway, if you do want to make the best out of what you do, you'll go beyond necessities and add onto that what that creative side yearns.
if half the greatest web sites out there worked just with 'necessary tools', i don't want to know how dull the www would be.but back to the primary issue about it. if you're doing work for a low-budget client with little time, then keep to the basic necessities. if you have a more flexible client or just want to learn it, push yourself.
- unfittoprint0
But isn't the final result similar in XML and MySQL (through PHP)? Passing the nodes and attributes content too movieclips to create dynamic menus, image galleries, etc... in the same way that you can create loops using the output by a PHP script containing different variables concerning userID's, categoryID's, timestamps...
Although I'm getting interested in using XML in HTML-only databse driven sites.
- smartK0
thanks everyone ...
we're talking bout a low budget project ... I'll try using mySQL and php.