What you can do with phpBender?

phpBender is a Flash component that provide an alternative way for both ActionScript and PHP programmer to create and build Flash – PHP application easily. Current version of phpBender allows you:

1. To perform SQL queries (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc) using built-in database class or custom PHP codes inside your ActionScript
2. To write and inject custom PHP codes inside your ActionScript
3. To call or execute custom PHP codes that located in external files

Specifications:

• Current version of phpBender built on ActionScript 2 (the development for ActionScript 3 is in progress)
• phpBender has been designed for PHP servers and currently working with PHP4 or 5 version and MySQL 4 or 5

How to install and use phpBender?
Please read the documentations at tutorial, demo and FAQ!

How it works

phpBender distributed in a ZIP file that contain with two files; phpbender.swc is a Flash component and bender.php is a PHP compiler file which will be a gateway between your SWF file and MySQL database or compile your custom PHP codes into PHP server via web server.

1. SQL Queries
   When you are querying MySQL database, your SWF file that compiled with phpBender component will ask bender.php file to run your queries into MySQL and in a time will return the database queries results back into SWF file.
2. Custom PHP Codes
   When you are creating custom PHP codes, the communication process is between your SWF file and bender.php only. There are 2 ways to write and run your custom PHP codes:
   • Write it directly inside your ActionScript
     1. Your PHP codes will be compiled together with your SWF file
     2. Require specific methods to write your PHP codes as there are any string limitations such as double quotes, single quotes (Please check knowledge base for further information)
   • Write it in external files and execute it using phpBender built-in class
     1. Your PHP codes will not be compiled inside your SWF file
     2. You cannot delete the external files that contain with your PHP codes as they will be executed side by side with your SWF file
     3. There are no specific methods on writing your PHP codes as you can write your PHP codes normally