String to object

By The Little Guy | Jul 2, 2009

Hello, I am using a PHP server that I made using sockets sending data from one swf to another, to make a game. The following method, gets the data when it has been sent back to the swf file. So what I am doing in the function is as follows:
- get the data that was sent to the server and change it to an array
- the array looks like this array("_2", "X")
- the first value of the array is the button the person clicked
- the second value of the array is the players playing piece "X" or "O" (the game is "tic-tac-toe" by the way)

That is what is held in the dta variable.

ActionScript Code:


public function newXML(e:DataEvent){
    var getData = e.data;
    var pos = getData.search(“_”);
    getData = getData.substring(pos);
    dta = getData.split(/:/);
    var obj;
    if(dta[1] == “X”){
        obj = new X()
        playBoard.dta[0].addChild(obj);
    }else{
        obj = new O();
        playBoard.dta[0].addChild(obj);
    }
}

So, the problem that I am having is I am getting this message:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at MethodInfo-6()
I know that the problem is with these two lines:
playBoard.dta[0].addChild(obj);

I believe that it has no idea what playBoard."_2".addChild(obj); means

So… Is there anyway to use a string to relate to an existing object, and place a new object inside of it?

Please, please, please let me know if you need more information or don’t understand something.

Thanks for the help!