Hello

I've been trying for a while to add php variable to the <param name="flashvars" /> for the flash object.

I'm finally close to it as I can pass to the template the value returned by my flashvarFunction() that way :

<param name="flashvars" value=$flashvarFunction/>

This works fine but now I want to do the same thing based on the dataobjectmanager example with let's say the Author or Quote value.

I'm not a php coder so I find it hard bur I'm sure there is a way of returning those value

Can someone help me ?

Thanks a lot

Here is the code

<?
class TestimonialPage extends Page
{
static $has_many = array (
'Testimonials' => 'Testimonial'
);

public function getCMSFields()
{
$f = parent::getCMSFields();
$f->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Testimonials", new DataObjectManager(
$this,
'Testimonials',
'Testimonial',
array('Author'=>'Author','Quote' => 'Quote'),
'getCMSFields_forPopup'

));

return $f;
}

}

class TestimonialPage_Controller extends Page_Controller
{

function ShowTestimonials() {
return DataObject::get('Testimonials','Quote','Author');
}

function flashvarFunction() {

$flashVar="'myFlashVar=titopt'" ;
return $flashVar;

}

}

Hi

I usually use SWF Object to embed flash content. There you can pass the variables via JavaScript and you can easily pass them from PHP by using the json_encode function.

Of course it also works fine without SWFObject:
Since plain flashvars are passed in a http query-string format, you could use the PHP http_build_query function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-build-query.php). So your function would look something like this:

function flashvarFunction(){
	$data = array(
		'titlevar' => $this->Title,
		'othervar' => 'Some other value?'
	);
	return http_build_query($data);
}

You can populate your $data array with anything you want..

hello

thanks for your answer

I will try this solution but my problem is that I don't know how to retrieve (see the code) the values of 'Quote' or 'Author'

for the template part it works with : return DataObject::get('Testimonials','Quote','Author');

but for my flashvarFunction() i don't know how to write something like :

$flashVar = $Quote

maybe I have to access the array but I don't know how to get it.

Please help

thank you

T

This is wrong:

return DataObject::get('Testimonials','Quote','Author');

The arguments for the get() function are $class, $filter, $sort, $join, $limit.. Not a list of all the fields you want.

In fact, on a TestimonialsPage, that function is not needed, because you can automatically get all the Testimonial object on the page with $this->Testimonials(). So lose that function.

All you need is to edit your Testimonial class, and add:

public function FlashVars() {
$vars = array (
'Quote' => $this->Quote,
'Author' => $this->Author,
'Something' => 'Else',
'Brie' => 'Fromage'
);
return http_build_query($vars);
}

Then on your template:

<% control Testimonials %>
Quote is $Quote
Author is $Author
<object src="some.swf?{$FlashVars}"></object>
<% end_control %>

Merci encore et encore Oncle fromage !

Puis je te poser une autre question sur flash ? :

J'ai un drole de probleme dans un script je charge une image avec :

loader.load(new URLRequest("image_01.jpg"));

cela fonctionne tres bien en local car l'image et le swf sont dans le même dossier, donc dans le cms j'ai mis le swf et l'image dans le même dossier :assets/swf/flashmovie.swf
assets/swf/image_01.jpg

mais cela ne marche pas mon image n'est pas chargée aurais tu une suggestion ?

Merci encore