javascript serialize function

[ansuz]

Hello everyone!

Has anybody cloned the PHP serialize() function in javascript? I need to pass data structures from php to javascript then javascript back to php. Passing data from php to javascript isn't a problem. I wrote a function to convert php arrays to javascript arrays (so to speak). It is passing data from javascript to php that bothers me. Serializing in javascript and unserializing in php would be wonderful.

Thanks for any pointers!

[sarahk]

Can't you just add the variables to the location string?

Could you give an example of the data you want to pass back?

Usually you either add each variable to a hidden field or you append to the url string before calling document.location.

[ansuz]

I'm thinking to arrays. I think the most convenient way of passing them is to serialize them and put them in an hidden field. I've tried a cheap trick already but I quickly came into it's limits.

I've written the serialize function, which was really easy to do. Now I'm writing unserialize. It's more challenging. Too bad I don't know these regex better.

[kitekkitek]

Can you sand that unserialize() function in Javascript?
I am looking for something like that 🙂)

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