Chapter 18. Exchanging Data with a Server
Download the Apache Web Server
Your Flash applications have the capability to make requests back to a script running on a Web server. These requests can send user-generated data that can be processed by the script, which in turn can send responses specific to the data. For example, you can have a user enter his or her personal information into a form in your Flash application, have the server-side script insert that data into a database, and then return a response that can be displayed in Flash Player.
In order to test that your applications are working properly, you should set up a testing server on your personal computer. To do this, you will need to install a Web server and a server-side application server. ...
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