This damn thing is doing my nut! Help please, "if" not working

[webdreamer]

Hi guys,
I am totally stumped. In stead of explaining everytrhing i will get straight to the point

frame 1:
load image count server
returns 12. So we have our first var imgCount = result_lv.imgCount

Frame 2 setup all other needed vars:

code:

---

var imgCount:Number = result_lv.imageCount;

var nextX:Number = 0;

var nextY:Number = 0;

var curCol:Number = 0;

var counter:Number = 1;

---

Frame 3 run setup to display images. This is were the intial problem starts
The if dosnt run, dosnt do anything.

code:

---

if (counter < imgCount) {

	holder.attachMovie ("imgHolder", "mod" + counter, counter);

	//

	holder["mod" + counter]._y = nextY;

	holder["mod" + counter]._x = nextX;

	//

	holder["mod" + counter].imgUrl = "media/models/" + _parent.new_edit_id + "/model_pics/" + counter + "_thumb.jpg";

	gotoAndPlay (4);

}

---

if i change imgCount from the returned result from the server to a static number then it runs and all is well.
WTF gives????

This is really really doing my head in and i have already wasted one day trying to figure it out.

Please someone put me out of my missery. please......

Paul

[catbert303]

Is the movie waiting on frame 1 until the variables are loaded? You might also want to use,

var imgCount:Number = Number(result_lv.imageCount);

[webdreamer]

Yes and it dose got to the second frame. I had every bit of the code every frame with a trace on it.

Tried this yesterday

code:

---

var imgCount:Number = Number (result_lv.imageCount);

---

If i change it to

code:

---

var imgCount:Number =12

---

It works a charm.

[webdreamer]

Any ideas?

[silentweed]

so on frame 3 does trace(Number (result_lv.imageCount)); give the number 12?

[webdreamer]

yes and typeof returns number

[silentweed]

that is really weird cant think of what it could be... give this a shot..u never know..

if (counter < Number (result_lv.imageCount)) {

.........

}

[webdreamer]

lol

I am a coder of 4 years...

File is attached. Am stumped.

[silentweed]

one of those weird problems!!

cant open ur file it says unexpected format

[theTick]

i just quickly looked at your test.fla and it didn't seem to be able to load the php, so i'll just guess around:
after casting result_lv.imageCount to a Number and handing it to imgCount, try this in the if condition (although you probably already tried this):
if (counter.valueOf() < imgCount.valueOf()){}

[edit]
forget it, i'm just too thick to configure my firewall
so i tried what i suggested and of course it doesn't work. as does nothing else i try...this is driving me crazy...

[webdreamer]

lol you not kidding 3 pages of posts sofar over at kirupa. Still trying to figure it out.
I have it working sort of. But i need to now were the "space" is being generated.

http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210713

THanks for your time today

[geedubb]

The PHP script seems to be broken:

%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3EWarning%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20 opendir%28%29%3A%20open%5Fbasedir%20restriction%20 in%20effect%2E%20File%28%2Fmodel%5Fpics%29%20is%20 not%20within%20the%20allowed%20path%28s%29%3A%20%2 8%2Fhome%2Fpferrie%2F%3A%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fphp%3A%2Fus r%2Flocal%2Flib%2Fphp%3A%2Ftmp%29%20in%20%3Cb%3E%2 Fhome%2Fpferrie%2Fpublic%5Fhtml%2Ftest%2FimgList%2 Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E2%3C%2Fb%3E%3C br%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3EWarning%3C%2 Fb%3E%3A%20%20opendir%28%2Fmodel%5Fpics%29%3A%20fa iled%20to%20open%20dir%3A%20Operation%20not%20perm itted%20in%20%3Cb%3E%2Fhome%2Fpferrie%2Fpublic%5Fh tml%2Ftest%2FimgList%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%2 0%3Cb%3E2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%20=&onLoad=%5 Btype%20Function%5D

Is this meant to return 12?

Cheers

[webdreamer]

Sorry thats me tinkering with the file. Sorted now. file is! not the overall problem

[geedubb]

Ok - I can see that retval is returning:

retval=1%20&imageCount=13&onLoad=%5Btype%20Functio n%5D

Can you remove the space (URL encoded in the above string in the PHP script). I think that may be your problem. If I do :

loadGal = function () {
	trace ("check load gallery running?");
	var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars ();
	
	
	result_lv.onLoad = function (success) {
		trace ("sucess=" + success);
		trace(result_lv);
		if (success) {
			trace("RV = " + result_lv.retval + "*");
			trace(Number(result_lv.retval));
			if (Number(result_lv.retval) == 1) {
				gotoAndPlay (2);
			} else {
				trace ("error 1" + result_lv.errorMsg);
				return_error = null;
			}
		} else {
			trace ("error 2");
			return_error = null;
		}
	};
	
	var list_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars ();
	list_lv.model_id = _parent.new_edit_id;
	list_lv.sendAndLoad (path2php + "imgList.php", result_lv, "POST");
	
	success = false;
};
loadGal ();
stop ();

then trace(Number(result_lv.retval)); returns NaN

the space is screing it up I think.

HTH

[geedubb]

Or you could get flash to strip that space:

loadGal = function () {
	trace ("check load gallery running?");
	var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars ();
	
	
	result_lv.onLoad = function (success) {
		trace ("sucess=" + success);
		trace(result_lv);
		if (success) {
			var retv:Number = Number(result_lv.retval.substring(0, result_lv.retval.length-1));
			if (retv == 1) {
				gotoAndPlay (2);
			} else {
				trace ("error 1" + result_lv.errorMsg);
				return_error = null;
			}
		} else {
			trace ("error 2");
			return_error = null;
		}
	};
	
	var list_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars ();
	list_lv.model_id = _parent.new_edit_id;
	list_lv.sendAndLoad (path2php + "imgList.php", result_lv, "POST");
	
	success = false;
};
loadGal ();
stop ();

Not sure what it's meant to do - but that gets rid of the error.

Cheers

[webdreamer]

your right about the "space"
I have tinkered about some more and i still cant find were the sapce is coming from. Not only that but why is none of my other scripts affected by this and there is a lot. My own website use's this method in 151 files front end 35 back end for the admin system
This site www.scotlet.com use 20 front end and 15 backend And scanned a lot of them to check the last output line "retval" and all are as:

echo data&retval=1
Now i tried this with this script but now the checker requires that i check for "1 " instead of "1" again none of my other files are effected in this way.

[geedubb]

If you post the fragment of PHP that sends the response I can look if you want.

[webdreamer]

if ($handle = opendir($_GET['model_id']."/model_pics")) {
$i=0;
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
if(substr_count($file, '_main.jpg')==1){
//
}else
if(substr_count($file, '_popup.jpg')==1){
//
}else{
$i++;
}
}
}
echo "&retval=1&imageCount=".$i;
closedir($handle); 

[DigitalGypsy]

You've probably already thought of this...

echo "&retval=1&imageCount=".$i."&"; 

I had a similar problem in the actionscript thread titled "IF/Then problem with ActionScript and PHP".

If you ever find where the space is coming from, let me know!

Thanks,
Digital Gypsy

[webdreamer]

Yes that was suggested and tried and solved the problem but it dosnt explain my other 150+ scripts that run off the same princeple of sending vars back to flash.