Flash Database: Text File

Flash application, as client side, send data or request to server. Then, PHP as server application, processes data or request. One of task of PHP is update database and send back to flash application.

In, this series, we use text based as database. For practice, we build polling flash application.

Now, create a file named "polling.txt" within www/test/flash. Enter following text:

title=What database kind do you like?
choice1=Plain Text
choice2=XML
choice3=MySQL
choice4=MsSQL
choice5=Oracle
choice6=SQLite
choice7=PostgreSQL
choice8=Ms Access
choice9=DB4O
choice10=Db2
votes1=0
votes2=0
votes3=0
votes4=0
votes5=0
votes6=0
votes7=0
votes8=0
votes9=0
votes10=0

Question the polling placed at line:

title=What database kind do you like?

The next is available choice:

choice1=Plain Text
choice2=XML
choice3=MySQL
choice4=MsSQL
...

Last, initial value for each choice:

votes1=0
votes2=0
votes3=0
votes4=0
...