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<refentry xml:id="function.swf-closefile" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>swf_closefile</refname>
  <refpurpose>Close the current Shockwave Flash file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>void</type><methodname>swf_closefile</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>return_file</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Close a file that was opened by the
   <function>swf_openfile</function> function.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>return_file</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If set then the contents of the SWF file are returned from the
       function.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.void;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>
     Creating a simple flash file based on user input and outputting it
     and saving it in a database
    </title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// The $text variable is submitted by the
// user

// Global variables for database
// access (used in the swf_savedata() function)
$DBHOST = "localhost";
$DBUSER = "sterling";
$DBPASS = "secret";

swf_openfile("php://stdout", 256, 256, 30, 1, 1, 1);

    swf_definefont(10, "Ligon-Bold");
        swf_fontsize(12);
        swf_fontslant(10);

    swf_definetext(11, $text, 1);

    swf_pushmatrix();
        swf_translate(-50, 80, 0);
        swf_placeobject(11, 60);
    swf_popmatrix();

    swf_showframe();

    swf_startdoaction();
        swf_actionstop();
    swf_enddoaction();

$data = swf_closefile(1);

$data ?
  swf_savedata($data) :
  die("Error could not save SWF file");

// void swf_savedata(string data)
// Save the generated file a database
// for later retrieval
function swf_savedata($data)
{
    global $DBHOST,
           $DBUSER,
           $DBPASS;

    $dbh = @mysql_connect($DBHOST, $DBUSER, $DBPASS);

    if (!$dbh) {
        die (sprintf("Error [%d]: %s",
                      mysql_errno(), mysql_error()));
    }

    $stmt = "INSERT INTO swf_files (file) VALUES ('$data')";

    $sth = @mysql_query($stmt, $dbh);

    if (!$sth) {
        die (sprintf("Error [%d]: %s",
                      mysql_errno(), mysql_error()));
    }

    @mysql_free_result($sth);
    @mysql_close($dbh);
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>swf_openfile</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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