[RESOLVED] URLRequest to remote server

[Marchut]

Can I send and load variables to a php script on a different server? Hen I try I get a Error #2048: Security sandbox violation

How do I get around this?

[5TonsOfFlax]

If you control the other server, you can put up a crossdomain.xml file which allows access from the first server.

If not, you cannot, directly. You could use a local php proxy, but if you do so, be sure to limit it to the urls you're trying so that it cannot be used as an open proxy.

[Marchut]

How do I set that up? I have a server that I have full access to, but the one that has my scripts on it is just a web hosting account.

What can I do to make this work. I cant get php installed on my Webserver because of x32 and x64 conflicts.

And I dont know enough about ASP to re-write my php...

Need help. If you can tell me a good resource that will teach me to convert my PHP to ASP I can host it all on one server...

Im stressing out.

[5TonsOfFlax]

So, to be clear:
Webserver A has your flash, is an ASP server which you have full access to.
Webserver B has the php scripts you want to access, you do not have full access.

If you can place a file at the root of webserver B, like http://webserverb/crossdomain.xml , then you can solve it that way.

Otherwise, I suggest writing a passthrough script in ASP to call the php resource on the other server and return data. That will appear to the swf as if everything is coming from the same server.

[Marchut]

Things are starting to become more clear. I will try the crossdomain first in the root directory, but if that doesnt work, how do I write the passthrough script?

[5TonsOfFlax]

I don't know ASP, so I can't answer that. I assume there's some server-side way of making a url request and sending the response back to the client.

[Marchut]

I have my SWF embeded on a site hosted on my webserver:

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://macromedia.com/cabs/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
ID=flaMovie WIDTH=475 HEIGHT=270>
<PARAM NAME=movie Value="http://www.zetapsioshawa.org/handicap/final/handicapV2.swf?clientEmail=email@server.com&customerEmail=email@server.com">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=medium>
<EMBED src="http://www.zetapsioshawa.org/handicap/final/handicapV2.swf?clientEmail=email@server.com&customerEmail=email@server.com"  WIDTH=475 HEIGHT=270 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"> 
</EMBED>
</OBJECT> 

When test on the server that has the SWF everything works fine. All my scripts run as well as my connections to the remote mysql server.

When the SWF is run from the Remote server, it doesnt run the php scripts.

I thought that if the SWF and the scripts were on the same server, it would run fine.

Instead I get a Error #2048: Security sandbox violation cannot load data from getCourses.php.

Please Help.

I have 100% access to the webserver the the SWF and scripts are not saved on.

[5TonsOfFlax]

Relative urls are interpreted as relative to the page which embeds the swf rather than relative to the swf.

What it comes down to is that you need a crossdomain.xml file on the server with the resource you are trying to access from the swf. That file should allow access from the other server.

[Marchut]

Just to clarify:

Server 1:
aspx page Embeds SWF

Server 2:
SWF file
PHP Scripts
crossdowmain.xml

Is that correct? Or does the cross domain go on Server 1? And if so what directory?

[5TonsOfFlax]

You're correct in that the crossdomain.xml has to go on server 2 if the resources you're trying to access (the php urls) are on server 2. I hope you actually named the file correctly.

I'm not 100% sure that you should need a crossdomain.xml in that situation since the SWF is on the same server as the PHP, but as I put above, the relative urls are probably resolved relative to the embedding file on server 1. Also, be sure that the domain names are EXACTLY correct. www.server2.com is NOT the same as server2.com, and will cause possible crossdomain issues if you are not careful.

[Marchut]

So frustrated and at a complete loss.
I tried puting this file on both servers:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- http://www.zetapsioshawa.org/crossdomain.xml -->
<cross-domain-policy>
  <allow-access-from domain="*" secure=false/>
</cross-domain-policy>

And manually trying to load them with:
flash.system.Security.loadPolicyFile("www.zetapsio shawa.org/crossdomain.xml") And I put on on the other server and tried loading that one. Still nothing works. I wish I could just hit the damn easy button on this one. It doesnt seem like it should be this difficult.

[5TonsOfFlax]

It really shouldn't be as difficult as it is. The file you've got there is as lenient as can be.
Can you copy and paste the exact error message you're getting, with only the actual domain censored if necessary?

[Marchut]

Error #2044: Unhandled securityError:. text=Error #2048: Security sandbox violation: http://www********.org/handicap/fina...econ31@aol.com cannot load data from getCourses.php.
at handicapV2_fla::MainTimeline/loadCourseXMLData()
at handicapV2_fla::MainTimeline/loaderComplete()

[5TonsOfFlax]

Well, that's odd, usually the error indicates the server of the remote resource.

Is the url to getCourses.php "http://www*******.org/handicap/final/getCourses.php" ?

What url are you using in the URLRequest?

[Marchut]

OMG!!! I owe you beer. Your URLRequest question made me think to use absolute paths instead of "getCourses.php" AND ITS WOKRING!!! I am seriously goin on vacation now.
My next post is from Dominican Republic!!!