flash (macromedia): I want to display a map of an office cube layout. Each cube has info about it
stored in MySQL. I want to move the mouse over a cube and see who is assigned
in cube. Also I would like to search for Name and have that cube highlight
upon finding. What is the best approach to this and how simple is it with
Flash PHP and MySQL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I guess it all depends on your level of expertise in AS, PHP & MySQL. You don't
really need advanced knowledge on any of these 3; but do need to be very
patient at troubleshooting since sometimes it is hard to track communication
problems between flash and PHP.
I normally start by doing the php - mysql part, it is the easiest to debug and
I would say the quicker to code. Then i move on to the flash-php communication
part.
In case you need tutorials for php-flash-mysql here are some:
http://as3.metah.ch/

Good luck.