AS2 Saving

[Osteel]

Wait, I'm not asking how!

Okay, sorry I felt the need to to write that because I know a lot of people are asking how to do it and whatnot. Anyways, I've managed to be able to save through sendAndLoad via PHP to a text file in the past.

However, I've run into a problem. In Flash I have:

saveScore = function(){
for (i=1;i<=10;i++){
        mySave["save"+i] = topScore[i];
        mySave["name"+i] = topName[i];
    }
    mySave.sendAndLoad("save.php",mySave,"POST");
} 

So basically in PHP, I'm receiving variables save1 - save10 and name1 - name10, which is given by the two arrays topScore and topName.

Simple.

For some reason, in my text file, it is only saving save1 and name1 while keeping all other names as NaN or Undefined. I'm assuming it's my PHP, so here's the code.


Warning!

I don't know PHP so yes I know what I'm doing is extremely primitive. If anyone knows how to properly and efficiently write the following code, I'll willingly accept it.

<?php 
$save1 = $_POST['save1']; 
$save2 = $_POST['save2'];
$save3 = $_POST['save3'];
$save4 = $_POST['save4'];
$save5 = $_POST['save5'];
$save6 = $_POST['save6'];
$save7 = $_POST['save7'];
$save8 = $_POST['save8'];
$save9 = $_POST['save9'];
$save10 = $_POST['save10'];

$name1 = $_POST['name1']; 
$name2 = $_POST['name2'];
$name3 = $_POST['name3'];
$name4 = $_POST['name4'];
$name5 = $_POST['name5'];
$name6 = $_POST['name6'];
$name7 = $_POST['name7'];
$name8 = $_POST['name8'];
$name9 = $_POST['name9'];    
$name10 = $_POST['name10'];

$toSave = "save1=".$save1."&save2=".$save2."&save3=".$save3."&save4=".$save4."&save5=".$save5."&save6=".$save6."&save7=".$save7."&save8=".$save8."&save9=".$save9."&save10=".$save10."&name1=".$name1."&name2=".$name2."&name3=".$name3."&name4=".$name4."&name5=".$name5."&name6=".$name6."&name7=".$name7."&name8=".$name8."&name9=".$name9."&name10=".$name10; 

$myfile = fopen("save.txt","w"); 
$fp = fwrite($myfile,$toSave); 
fclose($myfile); 
?>

Thanks everyone!

[Musicman]

Hi,

a simple test would be to replace sendAndLoad by Send (so you see a web page) and put the following code into the test php

<pre>
<? var_dump($_POST); ?>
</pre>

Now, if this game loads a list of previous high score from the text file, and sends modified list back, a simple html form would suffice to replace the top ten list by an entirely different one. I am sure some "players" will take the "challenge" of cheating rather than playing.
A somewhat better solution would take a new entry, build a new list on the server, and send that back. To be honest, it is just a minor improvement - someone would have to send a html form 10 times to replace the entire top list

Musicman

[Osteel]

Thanks.

I hear what you're saying about the cheating and considered it before. But realistically I'm not aiming to create a website like Kongregate/Addicting Games, nor some really game to put on either where highscores probably matter.

It's just a simple website to post some simple games as a portfolio.


Anyways, I switched it to send and the results returned are what I expected, all NaN (save numbers) and Undefined (string names):

    array(20) {
  ["name10"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save10"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name9"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save9"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name8"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save8"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name7"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save7"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name6"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save6"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name5"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save5"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name4"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save4"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name3"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save3"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name2"]=>
  string(9) "undefined"
  ["save2"]=>
  string(3) "NaN"
  ["name1"]=>
  string(7) "Matthew"
  ["save1"]=>
  string(1) "3"
} 

I think it has to do with the positioning of where I put the sendAndLoad, but from tutorials I've seen online, its in the right place. But it's so weird that when I trace the name and score arrays, they list it in proper order, right BEFORE the sendAndLoad.

So I don't know why it's not sending properly. :S

[Osteel]

Edit:

It turns out that even when I trace the entire mySave variable that'll be sent to PHP with all the saves/names traces out perfectly. But even with the tested PHP, it POST's all undefined.

Argh.

        trace(mySave)  // GOOD
    mySave.send ("test.php",mySave,"POST"); // BAD