How do I save a MovieClip as an image in Actionscript 3?

I hav开发者_开发知识库e created a customized dress up avatar using flash. Now I have to do that a registered user can make his avatar. After user creates his/her avatar how can I save the customized avatar in a database?

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Save image from Flash, send it to PHP and return a URL string to Flash: Save image from Flash, send it to PHP and return a URL string to Flash

Send bitmap data from Flex to Php: Send bitmap data from Flex to Php