initate_game

import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
      import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
      import com.adobe.serialization.json.JSON; //download from http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/

      function initateGame(playerId):void
      {
        var dataToSave = [playerId];
      
        // Point the request to the script that will handle the JSON 
        var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://localhost:8000" );

        // Set the data property to the dataToSave XML instance to send the XML
        // data to the server
        request.data = JSON.encode(dataToSave);
        //request.data = variables;

        // Set the contentType to signal JSON data being sent
        request.contentType = "application/json";
        // Use the post method to send the data
        request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
        
        // Create a URLLoader to handle sending and loading of the JSON data
        var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(  );

        // When the server response is finished downloading, invoke handleResponse
        loader.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, handleResponse );

        // Finally, send off the XML data to the URL
        loader.load( request );
          
      }