documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Amf.xml

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   3 <sect1 id="zend.amf.introduction">
   4     <title>Introduction</title>
   5
   6     <para>
   7         <classname>Zend_Amf</classname> provides support for Adobe's <ulink
   8         url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Message_Format">Action
   9         Message Format</ulink> (<acronym>AMF</acronym>), to allow communication between Adobe's
  10         <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player">Flash
  11         Player</ulink> and <acronym>PHP</acronym>. Specifically, it provides a gateway server
  12         implementation for handling requests sent from the Flash Player to the
  13         server and mapping these requests to object and class methods and
  14         arbitrary callbacks.
  15     </para>
  16
  17     <para>
  18         The <ulink url="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/amf/amf3_spec_121207.pdf">AMF3
  19         specification</ulink> is freely available, and serves as a reference
  20         for what types of messages may be sent between the Flash Player and
  21         server.
  22     </para>
  23 </sect1>
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