Create A Basic Contact Form With PHP and ActionScript

Creating the Form

1. A TextInput Component for the email address of the sender named email_txt.
2. A TextInput Component for the email address of the sender named name_txt.
3. A TextField Component for the email address of the sender named message_txt.
4. A Button Component named submit_btn, and Labeled Submit Message.

 

The PHP Code (mail.php)

<?php
$to = "myAddress@mySite.com";
$subject = ($_POST['senderName']);
$message = ($_POST['senderMsg']);
$message .= "\n\n---------------------------\n";
$message .= "E-mail Sent From: " . $_POST['senderName'] . " <" . $_POST['senderEmail'] . ">\n";
$headers = "From: " . $_POST['senderName'] . " <" . $_POST['senderEmail'] . ">\n";
if(@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
{
echo "answer=ok";
}
else
{
echo "answer=error";
}
?>

 

The Button Event Handler

import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLVariables;

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendMessage);
function sendMessage(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var my_vars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
my_vars.senderName = name_txt.text;
my_vars.senderEmail = email_txt.text;
my_vars.senderMsg = message_txt.text;

var my_url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mail.php");
my_url.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
my_url.data = my_vars;

var my_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
my_loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
my_loader.load(my_url);

name_txt.text = "";
email_txt.text = "";
message_txt.text = "You have created a contact form with ActionScript 3.0 & PHP";

}

 

Adding Form Validation

Hide the submit button until the user types the word validate

var valid:String = "validate";
submit_btn.visible = false;
validate_txt.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, textInputHandler);

function textInputHandler(event:TextEvent):void
{
if (validate_txt.text = valid)
{
submit_btn.visible = true;
}
}

The contact tab has better form controls, this just shows the basics.

Copy to Clipboard Using ActionScript 3

setClipboard()

Replaces the contents of the Clipboard with a specified text string. This method works from any security context when called as a result of a user event (such as a keyboard or input device event handler). This method is provided for SWF content running in Flash Player 9. It allows only adding String content to the Clipboard.. Three-dimensional display objects follow the pointer and Sprite.startDrag() moves the object within the three-dimensional plane defined by the display object. Or, if the display object is a two-dimensional object and the child of a three-dimensional object, the two-dimensional object moves within the three dimensional plane defined by the three-dimensional parent object.

flash.desktop Clipboard

The Clipboard class provides a container for transferring data and objects through the clipboard. The operating system clipboard can be accessed through the static generalClipboard property.

A Clipboard object can contain the same information in more than one format. By supplying information in multiple formats, you increase the chances that another application will be able to use that information. Add data to a Clipboard object with the setData() or setDataHandler() method.

ActionScript 3.0 Reference