[FlashAussie] Calling mxmlc/fcsh from PHP script

[kanu kukreja]

Hi,

My question is whether or not Flex's mxmlc can be called from within a PHP script. Here is the background:

I have been created a simple process that creates a simple quiz/tutorial by converting a text file into a .as file and compiling to a .swf file using the mxmlc compiler. This works well from the command line, but I wanted to make the process easier by creating a web-interface to do this.  I have not been able to get the mxmlc compiler to work.

After searching on the Web and on this site, I believe that using fcsh (instead of mxmlc) may be the way to go. Using fcsh would certainly compile the .mxml file faster (after the first run), and I think that fcsh can be launched as a service that might be able to be called from PHP.

On the other hand, maybe I am approaching this the wrong way. Would it be better to write a Flex application that calls fcsh/mxmlc and avoid using PHP?

Thanks

Kanu kukrejA

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[Phil Douglas]

You'd have to stick to the php route. Flex/flash runs client side in the browser, so can't call on server side command line code. All it would end up doing is having to call on some sort of webservice written in php anyway.

[Luke Schreur]

You can simply call any external program from PHP by using the exec function:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

If you're on a unix type system such a OSX or Linux, you do need to make sure that you have all the permissions right. Since the script will be triggered in the scope of the web-server you need to make sure that that scope can execute your calls.

On the other hand, I'm wondering why you're generating .as files. Are you sure you can't solve your particular problem by loading a dataset instead?

Cheers,
Luke

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:30 AM, kanu kukreja <kanuk...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Chris Velevitch]

Once you've created the .swf file you need load it into your browser.


Chris
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[kanu kukreja]

Can somebody please reply on this, i got few replies yesterday, but not relevant with the question i asked.

Wanted to run compiler mxmlc/fcsh using php to generate swf file.

Thanks

[Chris Velevitch]

Have you tried compiling from the command line?

What's in testing.as?

Chris
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[kanu kukreja]

From command line its working fine using both mxmlc and fcsh but otherwise if i try it frfom PHP using exec command then it doesn't work.

Thanks

Kanu Kukreja

[Joshua Mostafa]

Can you define "doesn't work", please? What output do you get?

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[kanu kukreja]

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