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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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 > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
