Technique demonstration of a Shoutbox built in Flash using ActionScript 2. Using PHP and external textfields with no mysql database required.
This is intended as a technology example, not a final product. If you want to use this file, then it is up to you to dress up the interface!
Features
Text based external files
CSS Styling of external text via external CSS file
Posts limited by time via browser cookie
Error checking in user comments
Maximum post length (200 characters) and illegal html characters (< > / ) are stripped from comments
Date stamped comments
Required name and email with email validation
All features are adjustable via editing either the Flash source files, or the php file.
Requirements
PHP webserver running PHP 5.1 or greater
Write access to the text file that stores comments, the PHP needs to be able to write to this file!
Flash 8 or greater to edit the source files