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| ==What is AMFPHP?==
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| AMFPHP is a widely used open source remoting server that allows Flash and Flex client-side applications to call PHP methods directly, as if they were native Flash/Flex ActionScript methods. It is fast and lightweight and presents a very efficient method of communicating with PHP and databases. AMFPHP preserves the following data types between ActionScript and PHP:
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| * int
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| * Number
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| * String
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| * Array
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| * mysql_result/Recordset
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| Note: Please add to this list if you have successfully tested data types using AMFPHP 1.9.beta+ and ActionScript 3.0.
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| AMFPHP automatically converts data types between ActionScript and PHP to their native equivalents. For example, it can convert a PHP array into and ActionScript array or a PHP resource, such as a mysql_result into an Actionscript Recordset.
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| ==What is AMF Moodle?==
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| AMF Moodle is a new project (9th October 2008) which aims to integrate Flash and Flex with Moodle's API. The aim is to build a library of services that Flash and Flex developers can use to create secure client-side applications that can interact with Moodle. The first step will be to create a Moodle module that facilitates deploying custom made, generic Flash and Flex e-learning interactions and recording user interaction results in the Moodle gradebook.
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| The project's participants at the moment are: [http://matbury.com/ Matt Bury], [http://jamiep.org/ Jamie Pratt] and [http://www86.coolenglishtv.com/ Marcus Potter].
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| You can find the project home page at [http://code.google.com/p/amfmoodle/ code.google.com].
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| ==Installing AMFPHP in Moodle==
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| * Download the latest version of [http://sourceforge.net/projects/amfphp/ AMFPHP], currently version 1.9.beta (SourceForge repository).
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| * Unzip the file and find the directory amfphp.
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| * Upload the amfphp directory to ***MOODLEROOT***/lib/
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| * That's it!
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| Please note: AMFPHP requires PHP 5 to run. Many servers run both PHP 4 and 5, but have them set to run PHP 4 by default. If you experience problems, you may have to change the default PHP version in the ***MOODLEROOT***/lib/amfphp/ directory with an .htaccess file. The following is an example only. Please check that it is correct for your server configuration. If you have a hosted server, they'll probably have an example in their help files. For example:
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| * Find the AMFPHP .htaccess file at ***MOODLEROOT***/lib/amfphp/.htaccess
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| * Open it with a text editor. You'll see:
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| <pre>#If you're working with a server which doesn't seem to display errors and you don't
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| #have access to httpd.conf and you have a good reason to develop remotely instead of
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| #locally, you may have luck with uploading this configuration file to the server
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| php_flag display_errors on
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| php_flag display_startup_errors on
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| php_value error_reporting 2047</pre>
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| * Add another line of code to change the default PHP version setting for the amfphp directory:
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| <pre>#If you're working with a server which doesn't seem to display errors and you don't
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| #have access to httpd.conf and you have a good reason to develop remotely instead of
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| php_flag display_errors on
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| php_flag display_startup_errors on
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| php_value error_reporting 2047
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| SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5</pre>
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