Re: PHP / MYSQL & AUTHORWARE

Check out the WDDX functions. They were made for precisely this purpose (if I understand you correctly). Your PHP scripts would use WDDX to serialize the variables and Authorware would deserialize them. Of course, I don't have a clue what Authorware is and it may or may not include support for WDDX. Fred Geoff <geoff.spruce@theridge.ac.uk> wrote in message news:20011121151530.98743.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi all > > I've asked the Authorware user group but got no response, and am wondering > whether anyone else has tried this. > > I use mainly PHP (sometimes ASP) and MYSQL to read/write database > information via Web pages in my normal web work. It works fine. > When using Authorware I can display the same web pages within Authorware > using the Active X Sprite Web Browser. and all works fine. But what I really > want to do is link the two. In other words. PASS the information to > Authorware from the Web Pages, that way I could display the database > information within a display icon or manipulate the data via authorware > calculation icons etc. > > It would give me a database link (with which I'm familiar and works superbly > over the web) without using ODBC / Access Databases or third party utilities > like Datagrip > > Surely if the Sprite can read/display the Web Pages then it can't be too > difficult to somehow read the variables being passed back to the web page > from either PHP or ASP from the database. > > Any info from anyone to point me in the right direction (or off the top of a > tall building !!) would be greatfully recieved > > Thanks > > Geoff > > >