AS3 load XML from a PHP script

[ced_damoo]

I spent a lot of time trying to understand why, loading XML from a PHP that used to work in AS2 wasn't working in AS3.

Well I found out and it work.

So to spare a lot of head hack to others here a little explanation:

When you test in Flash (IDE), your URLRequest should be absolute like:

var XMLnewsList:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://localhost/myxml.php");

OR

var XMLnewsList:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.yourdomain.com/myxml.php");

It should NOT be relative like:

new URLRequest("myscript/myxml.php");

This is a new anti cross domain security policy.

Note that within a browser (wamp or else) relative URLRequest works fine.

[ced_damoo]

And also if you want to put a link in your xml don't forget to use :

<![CDATA[]]>

everything inside this tag will be treated as a string by AS3. Example:


<link><![CDATA[<a target="_blank" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/">your text for the link</a>]]></link>

This <a></a> tag will not become an XML node.