Flex Post to php page - actionscript-3

Question

I am trying to post some data from my flex app to a PHP script to be saved.
As a simple test i have made the php script like so
<?php
if ($_POST) {
$message = "Text:" . $_POST['Text'];
mail('vince#myemailaddress.com', 'POSTED!', $message);
} else {
mail('vince#myemailaddress.com', 'No Post Test', 'Testing..');
}
?>
If i hit the script in the browser i receive an email fine. But when i call my flex function i get nothing?
Am i doing it wrong?
private function onTextMessageRecv(event:AsyncDataEvent):void
{
var dialogID:String = event.data;
var strFrom:String = event.data2;
var strTime:String = event.data3;
var MessageStr:String = event.data4;
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables()
variables.From = strFrom;
variables.To = m_strUserDisplayName;
variables.Text = MessageStr;
saveIMdata( variables);
}
private function saveIMdata( variables:URLVariables):void
{
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, "Saving IM...");
var myData:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://im.vlowe.co.uk/save.php")
myData.method = URLRequestMethod.POST
myData.data = variables
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader()
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES
loader.load(myData)
}
I do see the Log entry for "Saving IM...", but no email?
Thanks for any help.
update:
Tried this.. but neither event seems to fire?
private function saveIMdata( variables:URLVariables):void
{
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, "Saving IM...");
var myData:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://im.vlowe.co.uk/save.php");
myData.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
myData.data = variables;
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, variables.Text);
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, "Loaded?...");
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
loader.load(myData);
}
private function onLoadComplete(e:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(e.target);
trace(loader.data);
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, "Load completed");
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, loader.data.toString());
}
private function onLoadError(e:IOErrorEvent):void
{
trace(e.text);
LogAddItem( LOG_CATEGORY_MAIN_DEBUG, "Error " + e.text);
}
Update 2:
my crossdomain.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="all"/>
<allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="80,843,8080,8081,8082" secure="false"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

Answer 1

Sounds to me like a cross domain security issue.
loader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
private function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
}
[EDIT]
This doesn't exist http://im.vlowe.co.uk/crossdomain.xml
Your crossdomain.xml should look like this. Drop the doctype
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="*.someDomain.com"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

Answer 2

Add error and complete handlers to your URLLoader and test if the php file is loaded at all :
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
private function onLoadComplete(e:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(e.target);
trace(loader.data);
}
private function onLoadError(e:IOErrorEvent):void
{
trace(e.text);
}
Echo something in your php file and you should see it in your onLoadComplete function.