how to pass a array in to a new page

niroshan

hi guys,
does anybody know how to pass a array from one page to another page. i have two pages,

1.main.php
2.pass.php

in main.php i have a array called <b>$aa</b> and when submit i want to pass that array to pass.php to display the array.

does anybody know how to do this. If it is not an array it works fine.
Another thing is when i press submit it in the address bar the value of the </b>$aa</b> passed as <b>Array</b>. But i have no idea about it.

for your undestanding i give the coding of two pages.

main.php

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form name="f1" action="pass.php">
<?php
@$aa= Array();
@$aa[1]="niroshan";
@$aa[2]="fernandez";
print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"aa\" value=\"".@$aa."\">";
?>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

pass.php

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
print "value is=<b>".@$aa[1]."</b>";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>
If anybody can help me i really appreciate it. need some speedy reply.

thanx in advance.

regards,

Niroshan

Cagez

The best way I can think of is a session...

HalfaBee

Try this

<?php
$aa= Array();
$aa[1]="niroshan";
$aa[2]="fernandez";

foreach( $aa as $aaa )
print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"aa[]\" value=\"".$aaa."\">";
?>

HalfaBee

niroshan

Hi guys,

Thanx all for all your help. HalfaBee , I tryed your code and i`m really happy it worked. thanx man for your help.

And Cagez thanx for u too for take time and sent me a reply.

THANX

regards,
niroshan

Cagez

I just wouldn't want to be sending my data through a form all the time 😉

You could use sessions, cookies or you could always put the array in one big query string and explode it on the next page.

$aa= Array();
$aa[1]="niroshan";
$aa[2]="fernandez"; 

$qstring = '';

for($i=0, $count = count($aa); $i<$count; $i++)
{
    if($i = ($count-1))
         $qstring .= $value;  // if its the last one, we dont want a separator character

else
    $qstring .= $value.'|';    
}

$qstring = urlencode($qstring);

echo '<a href="nextpage.php?qstring=".$qstring.'">Next Page</a>';

$aa = urldecode($_GET['qstring']);
$aa = explode('|', $aa);

print "value is=<b>".@$aa[1]."</b>";

Oh my, I'm babbling on and on again... Just use HalfaBee's code... 😉

HalfaBee

I agree that sessions would be better.

You only need a few lines of code.

session_start() at the start of the script.

And $_SESSION['aa'] = $aa;

In the receiveing script.
session_start();
if( isset( $SESSION['aa']) )
$aa = $SESSION['aa'];

Best thing about PHP is that there is always two or more ways to do the same thing. 🙂

HalfaBee