XML Connector Problems

[mrmyers]

Hello All!

Here is the goal: From within Flash, send two variables to a PHP script that takes those variables and runs a mySQL query, sends it back to Flash in XML format, and Flash then displays the information in a datagrid.

All of the backend is done and works well.

In Flash, I am using the xmlconnector to reciever the data and I have bound it to a dataGrid component.

To make sure I properly configured the xmlConnector, as well as correctly bound it to the dataGrid component, I created a PHP file that already had the two variables hard-coded so it does not rely upon input from the outside in order to properly generate the XML for Flash.

My actionscript was simple enough:

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xmlConn.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML2.php";
xmlConn.trigger();

The above actionscript works fine as well.

However when I tried connecting to the original PHP file that needs inputted variables, the following AS code failed:

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xmlConn.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML.php?variableOne=something&variableTwo=somethingElse";
xmlConn.trigger();

Why isn't it as simple as giving the xmlConnector a URL with appended vars?

If the above code had worked, the next logical step would have been along the lines of:

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var variableOne= varOneTextField.text;
var variableTwo= varTwoTextField.text;

dataXML.URL = "http://www.portamentisdesigns.com/clients/mps/queryResultsXML.php?variableOne="+variableOneInput+"&variableTwo="+variableTwoInput
xmlData.trigger();

Where has my understanding and/or logic failed here? Thank you for your help.

Take care,

Nate