php and flash headers

[sneeuwbal]

does anyone know how to fix it so that a header made in flash will ony load once?
so if the page is refreshed or another page is loaded wth the same header, that the flash movie wont start playing from the start again?

(example http://www.hellfest.fr/fr/index.html)

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by sneeuwbal

does anyone know how to fix it so that a header made in flash will ony load once?
so if the page is refreshed or another page is loaded wth the same header, that the flash movie wont start playing from the start again?

(example http://www.hellfest.fr/fr/index.html)

I'm going to say a dirty word.... FRAMES!

Yep, thats right - you can either have the header in one frame and the content loading in another... or you can use Iframes and have the flash movie URL's using the iframe target. Both have their own ups and downs. Personally I hate iframes... but thats just me!

[sneeuwbal]

yeah frames are an option but they do have the disadvantage not to scrolldown with the rest of the page
could try to do the iframe but, I do think there must be an probably more complex but better way to integrate them

[GoldNetX]

You could try using either <div>s or PHP/MySQL and the XML HTTPRequest.

Using the <div> you can stack all of the content of your pages into <div> tags that are essentially on top of one another. And then depending on which link is clicked only the div specific to the link will be shown. Using this technique, you are building one monolithic .html page, that will should not need to be refreshed.

Here is an example of javascript code to show and hide <div> tags:

To Hide a <div>:

document.getElementById('divId').style.display = 'none';

To Show a <div>:

document.getElementById('divId').style.display = 'block';

The other way that I know of is storing your information in a database such as MySQL and then calling a server-side language, such as PHP, to extract from the database on the fly and have javascript to update your page without refreshes. This method would as well result usually in a single monolithic .php page. If you want more information on this, do some searches for XML HTTPRequest. It is a very powerful tool, and though I can use it for my pages, I am not 100% sure on the working parts behind it.

There are other solutions such as Ruby On Rails, but like the XML HTTPRequest, they would most likely require quite a bit of re-coding for the page.

Of all the solutions I think frames in this case would be the easiest to set up, though they may become bothersome later on.

[sneeuwbal]

Originally Posted by GoldNetX

The other way that I know of is storing your information in a database such as MySQL and then calling a server-side language, such as PHP, to extract from the database on the fly and have javascript to update your page without refreshes. This method would as well result usually in a single monolithic .php page. If you want more information on this, do some searches for XML HTTPRequest. It is a very powerful tool, and though I can use it for my pages, I am not 100% sure on the working parts behind it.

think I'll try the javascript, seeing as t already works on an sql database it might be the most effective way to solve the problem without having serious problems in the future

[Ontani]

you can make Flash work with cookies.
so you can save the cookie after the movies has played once.
the next time you check if the cookie exists if not just play the movie.