Loading in variables from php script flash as3

Hey, Im working on a script that loads variables from a php page into a flash document and I cant seem to get it to work. Eventually i will need the figure  as a variable so i can pass it to movieclips that will animate.

my flash as3 code is as follows

package {
      
      import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
      import flash.events.*;
      import flash.display.*;
      import flash.net.URLRequest;
      import flash.display.Loader;
      import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
      import flash.net.URLVariables;
      import flash.net.URLLoader;
      import flash.net.URLRequestMethod;
      import flash.net.URLLoaderDataFormat;
      import flash.net.URLRequest;
      import flash.net.navigateToURL;
      
      
      
      
      
      public class quizResults extends MovieClip {
            
            
            
                        private var england:englandText_mc = new englandText_mc();
      
      
                        private var theRecord:String;
                        private var loadData:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
                        
      
                  
                  
                  public function quizResults() {
                  
                  
                              stage.addChild(england);
                              england.x = 200;
                              england.y = 200;
                              getData();
                  
                  
                  }            
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  function getData() {
                        //theRecord = loadthis.text;
                        var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
                        var varSend:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://localhost:8888/FlashDev/facebook-version/new/Quiz/loadScore.php");
                        varSend.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
                        varSend.data = variables;
                        var varLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
                        varLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
                        varLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showResults);
                        varLoader.load(varSend);
                  }
                  
                  
                  
                  function showResults (event:Event): void {
                        
                        if (event.target.data.msg == "Ok") {
                              england.text = event.target.data.englandVar;
                              trace("YES ALEX YOU WIN!");
                        }      else {
                              
                              trace("ALEX YOU FAIL AT LIFE");
                              
                        }
                        
                        
                        
                  }
      
                        
      
      
      }
      
}

and this is my php script:

$englandQuery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM main WHERE country ='England'");

$gamesPlayedEngland = 0;
$totalScoreEngland = 0;


while ($england = mysql_fetch_array($englandQuery)) {
                  $gamesPlayedEngland++;
                  $totalScoreEngland += $england['score'];      
}

            echo "Average Score " ;
            echo $totalScoreEngland/$gamesPlayedEngland;
            $resultEngland = $totalScoreEngland/$gamesPlayedEngland;
            
            $englandVar = $resultEngland;
            
            echo "<br />";
            echo "<br />";
            
            if ($englandVar != 0) {
                  $output .= "msg=Ok";
                  $output .= "&score=" . $englandVar;      
                  echo $englandVar;
            } else {
                  $output = "msg=Error";
            }
            
            
            echo $output;


      
the php works fine as i have tested this and i dont get any errors in my script when i compile the swf. however when i load the swf i get my "alex you fail at life" message and i cant work out why.

Cheers