Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

**Ben Cottrell** · Jul 17 '05, 07:35 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

knoak wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> I have a site with just a few pages. (e.g. home.php)
> In every page there is another page included with things
> like the header etc.
>
> The included file is in a subdirectory called "include".
> There are two functions written in this included file:
>
> =============== =============== =============== =============== ===============
> function doImage($image)
> {
> list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($i mage);
> echo "<img src=$image width=\"$width\ " height=\"$heigh t\">";
> };
>
> function doFlash($Movie, $Height,$Width)
> {
> echo "<object classid=\"clsid :D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"
> codebase=\"http ://download.macrom edia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ver sion=6,0,29,0\"
> height=\"$Heigh t\" width=\"$Width\ ">
> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"$Movie\ ">
> <param name=\"quality\ " value=\"high\">
> <param name=\"allowsca le\" value=\"true\">
> <param name=\"SCALE\" value=\"exactfi t\">
> <param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" >
> <param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transpa rent\">
> <embed src=\"$Movie\" width=\"$Width\ " height=\"$Heigh t\"
> menu=\"false\" wmode=\"transpa rent\" allowscale=\"tr ue\"
> scale=\"exactfi t\" quality=\"high\ "
> pluginspage=\"h ttp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashplayer\ "
> type=\"applicat ion/x-shockwave-flash\"></embed>
> </object>";
> };
> =============== =============== =============== =============== ===============
>
> I call the functions from pages in the root directory, pages like
> home.php...
>
> When i call doImage("img/logo.gif"); it works well, but when i
> call doFlash("swf/logo.swf","100p x","100px"); It returns everything
> before
> the <html> tag starts, so it isn't in the right place either. When i
> change
> the "echo"-statement of doFlash() to "return" nothing happens and it
> disappears in the source (online)[/color]

It will disappear .. by removing "echo", you're telling PHP *not* to
put the code into the end webpage. "return" just makes the function
return a value, so that it's available to be used in another part of
your code.. If you wish to echo that return value, you must specify
when calling the function that you want to echo it's return value.

(Think of the return value of a function in the same way you would think
of a constant variable)
[color=blue]
> What am i doing wrong?
>
> Hope someone can help...
>
> Greetings knoakske[/color]

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**knoak** · Jul 17 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

I'm sorry, but this doesn't solve anything for me...
As you've probably noticed, i'm a newbie..

But anyway, what i can't figure, is why the doImage(); works
perfect, and the doFlash(); refuses to work..

What should i do then to fix it?

Thanks in advance..

Greetings knoak

**Pjotr Wedersteers** · Jul 17 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

knoak wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> I have a site with just a few pages. (e.g. home.php)
> In every page there is another page included with things
> like the header etc.
>
> The included file is in a subdirectory called "include".
> There are two functions written in this included file:
>
>[/color]
=============== =============== =============== =============== ===============[color=blue]
> function doImage($image)
> {
> list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($i mage);
> echo "<img src=$image width=\"$width\ " height=\"$heigh t\">";
> };
>
> function doFlash($Movie, $Height,$Width)
> {
> echo "<object classid=\"clsid :D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"
>[/color]
codebase=\"http ://download.macrom edia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.c
ab#version=6,0, 29,0\"[color=blue]
> height=\"$Heigh t\" width=\"$Width\ ">
> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"$Movie\ ">
> <param name=\"quality\ " value=\"high\">
> <param name=\"allowsca le\" value=\"true\">
> <param name=\"SCALE\" value=\"exactfi t\">
> <param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" >
> <param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transpa rent\">
> <embed src=\"$Movie\" width=\"$Width\ " height=\"$Heigh t\"
> menu=\"false\" wmode=\"transpa rent\" allowscale=\"tr ue\"
> scale=\"exactfi t\" quality=\"high\ "
> pluginspage=\"h ttp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashplayer\ "
> type=\"applicat ion/x-shockwave-flash\"></embed>
> </object>";
> };
>[/color]
=============== =============== =============== =============== ===============[color=blue]
>
> I call the functions from pages in the root directory, pages like
> home.php...
>
> When i call doImage("img/logo.gif"); it works well, but when i
> call doFlash("swf/logo.swf","100p x","100px"); It returns everything
> before
> the <html> tag starts, so it isn't in the right place either. When i
> change
> the "echo"-statement of doFlash() to "return" nothing happens and it
> disappears in the source (online)
>
> What am i doing wrong?
>
> Hope someone can help...
>
> Greetings knoakske[/color]

I really am surprised it doesn't work, I copy-pasted the function in my php
editor, and called the function with a local swf and it runs as expected. So
this leads me to believe the code itself is correct. Even if the .swf is
missing the page loads, allbeit it keeps looking for the missing
movieclip... Anything else you can think of that might be involved ? The way
the includes are handled ? The way PHP handles escaped chars or something ?
My PHP is a default setup, as it comes preinstalled with apache on my suse
9.0 linux machine.
(Apache 2.048 and PHP 4.3.3)

Sorry i can't be of more help.
Pjotr

**knoak** · Jul 17 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

Hi there, i'm running
PHP 4.3.3 on Linux, that's all i can figure out.

I'll re-explain the structure, maybe that's where it goes wrong..

_root -> home.php*, contact.php*, etc.*

folder "inc"-> standards.php, which also has the functions in it.

*in all the first line = include_once('i nc/standards.php') ;)

I call the function in standards.php from home.php by the following
command: <?php doFlash("swf/logo.swf","100" ,"100"); ?>

What i don't get is that the doImage() works fine in home.php.
The only difference is that doImage() has
"list($widt h, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($i mage);"
before echoing something, could the flaw be somewhere in this part then?

Thanks in advance,

Greetings knoak

**knoak** · Jul 17 '05, 07:38 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

anyone?

**Pjotr Wedersteers** · Jul 17 '05, 07:39 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

knoak wrote:[color=blue]
> anyone?[/color]
I'm sorry knoak, I can't reproduce it. I simply have no clue.
Pjotr

**knoak** · Jul 17 '05, 07:39 AM

Re: Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

Crap!

Thanks anyway, i'll try something else then..

Greetings

Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

Function returns nothing (instead of flash)

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