[SOLVED] showing variable in a swf object

[gwolff2005]

Hi guys,

I have a swf movie done in Flash8., called testgreeting.swf.

The actionscript code of this file is

_Actionscript

greeting.text = "Dear " + username + ",  nice to have you here!";

 

IN my php file I wrote

 

_{PHP Code}

<script type="text/javascript">
        var so = new SWFObject("testgreeting.swf", "menu", "200", "500", "9", "#FFFFFF");
        so.addVariable("username", "<?php echo $_SESSION[MM_firstname] ?>");
        so.write("flashcontent");
    </script>

 

 

I then inserted the flashviewer. The movie runs but the output is always "Dear undefined, nice to have you here". The Explorer bar left bottom shows  an error saying "swf object is not defined." What is worng?? Thanks so much in advance!

[Potatis]

I have never used flash like this so this is just a guess. Is the $_SESSION['MM_firstname'] defined after someone logged in? What happens if you hardcode the name? Does that work, like <?php echo "Bart"; ?> which would be defined.

[gwolff2005]

Hi potatis,

yeah that works. He takes the variable and when I echo it in php it works.. but just does not display it in the flash file....

[Potatis]

You got this working then?

[gwolff2005]

yeah I forgot to load up the swfobject.js file....  Thanks!!!