passthru doesn't work with '?' after filename

Hi,

I'm having major problems with this. Spend a whole day and night on it and can't figure it out for even a small bit:

PHP Code:

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<?
header("Content-type: application/swf");
session_start(); 


if ($var_waarde == "Gewoon een waarde"){
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["login_user"]){

$filename = 'index2.swf'; 

passthru( "cat " . $filename );
}
}
?>

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That works, and this doesnt:

PHP Code:

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<?
header("Content-type: application/swf");
session_start(); 


if ($var_waarde == "Gewoon een waarde"){
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["login_user"]){

$filename = 'index2.swf?login_user=' . $login_user; 

passthru( "cat " . $filename );
}
}
?>

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When I use the last script I simply get a 'movie not loaded'. At least it should load the movie, maybe not passing the var, but no movie at all?!
I have no idea why this shouldn't work; all I want to do is pass the var to flash.

Thank you,

Vincent

Hi,

sorry, no....
What you are doing there is
cat file.swf?sumestuff
Now, this is the OS rather than the webserver that will handle this, and it treats the entire string as a file name

The way file.swf?xx really works: the browser sends this string to the server AND remembers it locally.
Now the flash player can use the local version of the string to set initial variables for the movie (or, if you use file.html?xxx, javascript could do that)
At the same time the webserver will get the request, locate the file portion, and possible handle the parameters. Of course, there is nothing to handle for plain swf or html, but perhaps for php

In plain words: for the flash player to see a variable, you would either have to redirect, so that the browser can see the parameter first, or replace the simple cat by a script that adds your variable right to the movie
Check the swfaddvars entry at www.fontimages.org.uk

Musicman

Cheers Musicman :)

It works now, thought of a different way after you mentioned the OS handles it. Thanks.

demo (username: demo, password: password) Think it's pretty safe (at least safe enough i think)

:)