I sometimes build applications in Flash for the web that need a fair bit of dynamic data. Would WordPress be a good fit for my CMS solution? can it “talk” to flash? Does it allow output as different formats such as XML, JSON, or AMF?
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Absolutely. WordPress is implemented in PHP and anything Flash needed to interface with can be coded as a plugin, probably very easily. You can also implement any embedding of Flash as ShortCodes.
Here are some (honestly not very good) links on the subject of PHP & Flash:
- http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/displayinphp.htm
- http://www.techmynd.com/get-data-in-flash-from-php/
- http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/9848-pass-complex-data-from-php-to-flash/
- http://www.video-animation.com/dbase001.shtml
- http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/external_data.asp
- http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/36748
Of course then there is what Adobe has:
- http://www.google.com/search?q=php+flash+data+site:adobe.com
Can you update your question to provide more details on exactly what you need for/from Flash? Maybe included some links that explain the things you want WordPress handling for Flash (Flash is quite a large beast, you know.)