PHP, TPL and Embed Flash Movies?

Skinning
1

OK ive added a new .tpl page called destination.tpl.

<embed 
  src="lib/skins/eva/rotate/imagerotator.swf" 
  width="200" 
  height="200"
  allowscriptaccess="always" 
  allowfullscreen="false" 
  flashvars="file=lib/skins/eva/rotate/eva.xml&autostart=true&transition=fade" 
/>

The called it up on frontpage_main.tpl with…

<h3>Our Destinations</h3>

<?php Template::Show('destination.tpl'); ?>

So why doesn’t the movie show the images like this http://www.easternvirtualairways.com/eva/lib/skins/eva/rotate/rotator.html’>http://www.easternvirtualairways.com/eva/lib/skins/eva/rotate/rotator.html ?

Contents of the rotator.html

<div id="container"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this rotator.</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
	var s1 = new SWFObject("imagerotator.swf","rotator","185","185","0");
	s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","false");
	s1.addVariable("file","eva.xml");
	s1.addVariable("width","185");
	s1.addVariable("height","185");
	s1.addVariable("shownavigation","false");
	s1.write("container");
	s1.addParam('flashvars','&autostart=true&displayclick=none&icons=false&repeat=always&shuffle=true');
</script>

If you hover your mouse over the movie http://www.easternvirtualairways.com/eva/ you can see it showing 12 images available but they dont display

2

If i load http://www.easternvirtualairways.com/eva/lib/skins/eva/rotate/rotator.html in to an i-frame it works but the i-frame breaks the layout

3

i think there is something in the tpl or php that is stopping the images showing, does anyone know any php issues with flash?

4

Use absolute paths, with your complete domain in it, in your XML file. Try giving that a shot.

5

yeah tried that and it didnt work

6

so i tried it again…and now it works!!

problem solved

7

What fixed it?

8

Use absolute paths, with your complete domain in it, in your XML file. Try giving that a shot.

I had already tried that but it didnt work, but i “thought what the hell” and tried it again and that fixed it!