Awesome! Thank you Juan - that worked perfectly! I did get caught out for a while by not adding
require_once "HttpClient.class.php" But once I realised I had omitted this, it worked a treat. Many thanks! Paul On 26 Nov 2010, at 02:25, Juan Pablo Califano <califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the easiest option would be creating some sort of proxy in php, if > that's what's available to you on your server. > > The only potential problem is (your) server configuration. Sometimes, > external connections are not allowed, so calling functions like > file_get_contents() with an external url won't work. > > Also, it seems you need to POST your data, so it's a bit more complex but > not too much. > > A week ago or so I had a similar scenario. Though there was a crossdomain > allowing connections from the production server, there was no crossdomain > policy for the staging and dev environments. I also had to receive and send > cookies, so I googled a bit and found this class, which was easy to use and > worked nicely for me > > http://scripts.incutio.com/httpclient/ > > Some sample code for a POST request (taken from the project I worked on, > just slightly modified) : > > $client = new HttpClient("theotherserver.com"); > // this will print out useful info, enable it when debugging! > // $client->setDebug(true); > > $client->post("/theservice.ashx", array( > 'first_var' => 'foo', > 'second_var' => 'bar', > 'etc' => 'blah', > )); > > // check status code here... > if($client->getStatus() == 200) { > // a string with the server's response > $response_raw_data = $client->getContent(); > } > > Maybe you can give this a try, it's very simple to install and use (just > download and include the php file; you can find more code examples in the > site). > > Again, in some configurations this code could not work; if any external > connection in your server is rejected, then there's not much you can do. But > even in the worst case, maybe you could find a third server that you have > control over and that allows you to open external connections, so you could > add a crossdomain there and run the php http client over there. Then, > instead of talking directly to the ad server or a local php script, you'd > call a third server that you control, which will proxy the communication > between flash and the ad server. > > Hope it makes sense! > > Cheers > Juan Pablo Califano > > 2010/11/25 Paul Steven <paul_ste...@btinternet.com> > >> Thanks for all your help Henrik >> >> I will ask the site in question in the morning. I was under the impression >> it would be like every person who used Microsoft Office asking Microsoft to >> add a cross domain file for their particular scenario. To be honest I just >> panicked when the client reported tonight that this functionality didn't >> work and after trying to create a php file that would call the ashx file >> for >> me without success and doing a good bit of searching on google, I thought >> perhaps if there was a simple solution to this that someone on Flash Coders >> may know and be able to help me in my hour of need. >> >> Anyway I will email the site now though as it is UK based assume that I >> will >> not get any reply until tomorrow (which is too late!) >> >> Thanks for the advice >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Henrik >> Andersson >> Sent: 25 November 2010 20:34 >> To: Flash Coders List >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Advice on calling subscriber script on another >> server >> >> Paul Steven skriver: >>> Thought I could get some help here not labelled lazy! >>> >> >> You do realize that it takes just as long to simply ask the site in >> question right? >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
