swf_closefile

(PHP 4)

swf_closefile — Close the current Shockwave Flash file

Description

void swf_closefile ([ int $return_file ] )

Close a file that was opened by the swf_openfile() function.

Parameters

return_file

If set then the contents of the SWF file are returned from the function.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Creating a simple flash file based on user input and outputting it and saving it in a database

<?php

// The $text variable is submitted by the
// user

// Global variables for database
// access (used in the swf_savedata() function)
$DBHOST = "localhost";
$DBUSER = "sterling";
$DBPASS = "secret";

swf_openfile("php://stdout", 256, 256, 30, 1, 1, 1);

    swf_definefont(10, "Ligon-Bold");
        swf_fontsize(12);
        swf_fontslant(10);

    swf_definetext(11, $text, 1);

    swf_pushmatrix();
        swf_translate(-50, 80, 0);
        swf_placeobject(11, 60);
    swf_popmatrix();

    swf_showframe();

    swf_startdoaction();
        swf_actionstop();
    swf_enddoaction();

$data = swf_closefile(1);

$data ?
  swf_savedata($data) :
  die("Error could not save SWF file");

// void swf_savedata(string data)
// Save the generated file a database
// for later retrieval
function swf_savedata($data)
{
    global $DBHOST,
           $DBUSER,
           $DBPASS;

    $dbh = @mysql_connect($DBHOST, $DBUSER, $DBPASS);

    if (!$dbh) {
        die (sprintf("Error [%d]: %s",
                      mysql_errno(), mysql_error()));
    }

    $stmt = "INSERT INTO swf_files (file) VALUES ('$data')";

    $sth = @mysql_query($stmt, $dbh);

    if (!$sth) {
        die (sprintf("Error [%d]: %s",
                      mysql_errno(), mysql_error()));
    }

    @mysql_free_result($sth);
    @mysql_close($dbh);
}
?>

See Also

• swf_openfile() - Open a new Shockwave Flash file