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.. _zendamf.introduction:

Introduction
============

``ZendAmf`` provides support for Adobe's `Action Message Format`_ (*AMF*), to allow communication between Adobe's
`Flash Player`_ and *PHP*. Specifically, it provides a gateway server implementation for handling requests sent
from the Flash Player to the server and mapping these requests to object and class methods and arbitrary callbacks.

The `AMF3 specification`_ is freely available, and serves as a reference for what types of messages may be sent
between the Flash Player and server.



.. _`Action Message Format`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Message_Format
.. _`Flash Player`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player
.. _`AMF3 specification`: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/amf/amf3_spec_121207.pdf