Keeping a flash player playing music in PHP

[ged12345]

Hey there,

 

My question is this - I have a free flash player loaded within my html code - but the way my pages work is through php.

I have a header.php file, an indexmain.php file and a footer.php file within each of my index.php files for each part of the site. The mp3 player is loaded in the header.php file. Everytime I load a page other than the main page, the flash player is reloaded, the song stops and then starts again. I want the mp3 player to loop the song continually, throughout the website.

 

The javascript is:

<script type="text/javascript">

                        // <![CDATA[

                        var so = new SWFObject("<?php $siteDomain; ?>/flashmp3player/ep_player.swf", "ep_player", "301", "16", "9", "#FFFFFF");

                        so.addVariable("skin", "<?php $siteDomain; ?>/flashmp3player/skins/micro_player/skin.xml");

                        so.addVariable("playlist", "<?php $siteDomain; ?>/flashmp3player/playlist.xml");

                        so.addVariable("autoplay", "true");

                        so.addVariable("shuffle", "false");

                        so.addVariable("repeat", "true");

                        so.addVariable("buffertime", "1");

so.addVariable("key", "YOURUNIQUEKEY");

                        so.addParam("allowscriptaccess", "always");

                        so.write("flashcontent");

                        // ]]>

                    </script>

 

It works fine otherwise - is there someway to pass the javascript variable assigned above for the mp3 player to each new page, so I can redisplay the mp3 player but not restart the song?

 

Or is there a way to keep my top menu (the header section) without reloading it each time, and just reload indexmain.php, the middle section?

 

Thanks,

ged12345

[Solar]

The header.php is going to reload everytime someone clicks a new link or refreshes the page.

 

The only ways I could think of you have the music play is on an acutal page, or in a popup window.

 

Hopefully someone who isn't tired like me will think of a way.

[Altec]

Switch to Ajax.

[Solar]

Or now that I think of it, the only possible way that your music will still play is frames..

 

Have your javascript inside a file, and it will be on the top frame, then your website can be below in the mainFrame. Therefor, when someone clicks a link or explore your website, the topFrame won't refresh

 

<frameset rows="89,*" cols="*" framespacing="0" frameborder="no" border="0">
  <frame src="The URL of your music player / or the script in a php file" name="topFrame" scrolling="No" noresize="noresize" id="topFrame" title="topFrame" />
  <frame src="The whole entire site="mainFrame" id="mainFrame" title="mainFrame" />
</frameset>