Adding the following parameter to the EMBED tag works for a few browsers or will (maybe) work in future:
wmode="transparent"
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm
(redirecting to http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14201.html )
(PHP 5 <= 5.3.0, PECL ming SVN)
SWFMovie::setbackground — Sets the background color
$red
, int $green
, int $blue
)This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.
Sets the background color.
Why is there no rgba version? Think about it, you might want to let the HTML background show through. There's a way to do that, but it only works on IE4. Search the » http://www.macromedia.com/ site for details.
These parameters are integers between 0 and 255 or hexadecimals between 0x00 and 0xFF:
redValue of red component
greenValue of green component
blueValue of blue component
No value is returned.
Adding the following parameter to the EMBED tag works for a few browsers or will (maybe) work in future:
wmode="transparent"
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm
(redirecting to http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14201.html )
If you specify bgcolor in the html tags embedding the flash movie, this command have no effect.
To make setBackground() have an effect, make sure you remove
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff>" />
and remove bgcolor="#ffffff" part from:
<embed src="file.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" ...>
here's how to make the background transparent (IE4 or higher):
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">