how to store a complete array in txtfile

hello

how do i store a complete array (multidimensional) in a external textfile?

$fp=fopen ($file, "w");
fputs($fp, $array);
fclose($fp);

isn´t working. the result in the textfile is: Array
that´s all.

any ideas?

Depends on what you want to do with the text file afterwards. But look up the serialize() function.

this textfile is loaded into a flash file. serialize() isn´t really helpfull this time:-(

Then you might consider using XML instead.

I'm not sure if this would work, but how about:

$fp=fopen ($file, "w");

for ($i=0;$i<count($array);$i++) {
fputs($fp, $array[$i]);
}

fclose($fp);

But if the array is multidimensional, all you'll get is "ArrayArrayArray"...

function walkthrough($array){
foreach($array as $key=>$value){
$string.="$key=";

if(is_array($value))
{
$string.="array(";
$string.=walkthrough($value);
$string.=")\n";
} //fi
else
$string.="$value\n";
} //rof

}

$array_dump=walkthrough($array);