James First off, I would not use AMFPHP as it is deprecated in favor of ZendAMF (Part of Zend Framework). I found WebORB much easier to integrate than ZendAMF.
With WebORB you use Object Oriented PHP. You create data transfer classes in both Flex and PHP and map them to each other. then you use class hinting in PHP to receive data from Flex. You can definitely send the arraycollection to PHP. It will arrive as an array of objects. One thing I think you should look into is SharedObjects in Flex. This allows you to save data to the local machine (Kind of like cookies but you have 100K of space you can use) and is very useful to hold these kinds of preferences. Steve --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "James" <garymoorcroft_...@...> wrote: > > Hi Steve. As I said earlier about using e4x I'm reluctant to use amfphp 1. > because I already have eveything set up using regular php code and 2. I. > struggle to find examples of how to use such methods compared to the regular > methods of using traditional php. > > Would you happen to know if it is possible to send a copy of the array > collection that I'm receiving somehow? I basically want it so that when the > user logs in it gets the data that we've been discussing throughout this > topic and sets it as an array collection in flex and then sends this whole > array to the userlinks table I have in my mysql so each user basically has a > whole copy of the links table to themselves and can edit this by setting > favourites etc. How would you go about this judging by the code that I've got > here (the code that Robert provided). I'd prefer to stick to php to upload > the array as this project is for my uni course in which I've used php > throughout but I suppose I could use amfphp to upload the arrays? > > Cheers for the advice so far. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > I am a little late to this party but I would have to recommend using AMF to > > pass your data back and forth. this allows you to pass objects and arrays > > of objects both ways. No need to convert objects to XML and back to objects > > - they are all just objects. > > > > When the data comes in you can use ArrayUtil.toArray on the result and > > create an ArrayCollection from this array. An empty result will have > > created a zero length array and you can trap on that. > > > > I use WebORB for PHP (Community Edition which is free) as the PHP > > middleware and have never had a problem. I have posted many examples on > > this forum of how to pass data back and forth. If you need any further > > help, I am but a post away ;-} > > > > I started out in my Flex learning going the XML route but soon got very > > confused, especially with trying to send arrays of data TO the server. As > > soon as I figured out how to do it with AMF I converted everything and now > > will not go back. > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > > > > Steve > > >
