how does mysql/php work with server/database/internet... and everthing else?

[chopperdudes]

thanks, but one thing i forgot to mention is that after lifting off the embedding of the flash, and plain echo it onto the page, you can see the correct data. does it have anything to do with the structure of the database? because there are a few things we ain't sure of.

the column we're trying to grab is varchar (40), utf8_unicode_ci, attribute is blank, no null, none default, blank extra.

edit: and i'm not sure what you mean by grabbing a php file. we are passing on a value obtained from php to flash though.
sorry edit2: apparently with the trace function in flash, the retrieved value is actually all the code after the "=" sign.

so if the variable name in flash is called parentOne, then parentOne will have the value of
".$info [0]['parent1_first_name'];
...
... rest of code in php file.