PHP Variable - Simple question

[JasperHope]

I'm giving PHP a variable with Actionscript. I have Flash buttons setting a variable so PHP can tell HTML to load a file in an object.

 

Here's my code which doesn't work:

 

<?php
    <object id="foo" name="foo" type="text/html" data=$_POST['flashvariable'] height="700" width="580"></object>
?>

 

Can anyone tell me how this would be done correctly?

 

Cheers.

 

ps. here's my Actionscript code if anyone is interested. I don't know if it will work yet because I can't test it (PHP not working).

 

homebtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "blog.txt";
};
cafebtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "cafe.txt";
};
cateringbtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "catering.txt";
};
privatebtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "private.txt";
};
contactbtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "contact.txt";
};
eventsbtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "events.txt";
};
linksbtn.onRelease = function () {
myObject.menuvar = "links.txt";
};


var myObject = new Object();
    myObject.menuvar = "blog.txt"

   var myFalcon:Falcon=new Falcon("index.php", Falcon.VARIABLES, myObject); 

[MatthewJ]

You may want to read a basic php tutorial

echo '<object id="foo" name="foo" type="text/html" data="'.$_POST['flashvariable'].'" height="700" width="580"></object>';

[JonnoTheDev]

<?php
    $x = "<object id=\"foo\" name=\"foo\" type=\"text/html\" data=".$_POST['flashvariable']." height=\"700\" width=\"580\"></object>";
print $x;
?>

[JasperHope]

That's great, thanks a lot. Should I stick all of my code in the echo or can it be anywhere in the PHP file? I tried the code but it seems to hide everthing else (which isn't in the <?php ?>).

[seventheyejosh]

You have to echo or print it out for it to be outputted. Or put it outside of the php tags.