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Does anyone know how to load SWF/content after a video plays?

David

David

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I used to have the code to do this but I lost it. Argh!

I want to be able to play a video first, then load my SWF or content. This should be easily done right?

I want the user to watch my 15 second video then immediately be provided the SWF.

Can Anyone help?
 
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Well, PHP will not be able to see if the user has watched the whole video, if the video is stuck loading, etc.
You could try something like...
PHP: 
sleep(15);

And then echo out the SWF... However, this will also prevent the rest of your site from loading - anything below the video.
You could also use PHP in the following way...

PHP: 
<html>
    <!-- header / stuff here -->
    
    <?php if(!isset($_GET['swf']) || $_GET['swf'] !== 'true'){ $swf = false; ?>
        <!-- your video that auto starts playing -->
    <?php } else { $swf = true; ?>
             <!-- your swf here -->
    <?php } ?>
    
    <!-- footer / stuff here -->
    
</html>
    
<?php
    if($swf !== true){ // first time here - watching video...
        sleep(15); // don't do anything for 15 seconds
        echo "<script>window.location.href='yourpage.php?swf=true';</script>"
    }
?>

This would get the job done, but if the video doesn't load fully for the user or its slow or they find a way to pause it, your page will redirect with PHP before they finish the video. JavaScript is much better 🙂

Your best bet is to do something with JavaScript. You can detect video plays/stops/timing/etc & automatically load other content in (your SWF) right afterwards. I highly recommend using JS and not PHP for this.
 
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Ghost said:
Well, PHP will not be able to see if the user has watched the whole video, if the video is stuck loading, etc.
You could try something like...
PHP: 
sleep(15);

And then echo out the SWF... However, this will also prevent the rest of your site from loading - anything below the video.
You could also use PHP in the following way...

PHP: 
<html>
    <!-- header / stuff here -->
   
    <?php if(!isset($_GET['swf']) || $_GET['swf'] !== 'true'){ $swf = false; ?>
        <!-- your video that auto starts playing -->
    <?php } else { $swf = true; ?>
             <!-- your swf here -->
    <?php } ?>
   
    <!-- footer / stuff here -->
   
</html>
   
<?php
    if($swf !== true){ // first time here - watching video...
        sleep(15); // don't do anything for 15 seconds
        echo "<script>window.location.href='yourpage.php?swf=true';</script>"
    }
?>

This would get the job done, but if the video doesn't load fully for the user or its slow or they find a way to pause it, your page will redirect with PHP before they finish the video. JavaScript is much better 🙂

Your best bet is to do something with JavaScript. You can detect video plays/stops/timing/etc & automatically load other content in (your SWF) right afterwards. I highly recommend using JS and not PHP for this.
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Very nice coding.
 
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You can also do it with JavaScript like this...
JavaScript: 
<html>
    <video id="HTML5VideoPlayer" width="480" height="400" controls="true" poster="">
    <source type="video/mp4" src="video.mp4"></source></video>
    
</html>
<script>
window.onload = function(){ // wait for window to load
       
    // when video is finished: (html5 video player required)
    document.getElementById("HTML5VideoPlayer").addEventListener("ended", function(e) {
        this.style.display = "none"; // hide video player
       
        // embed the SRC into page
       
        // do it here
       
    });      
}

</script>
 
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