Array elements not displayed until refreshed

[JLW]

I am using sessions to store things into an array and save them. The program that I am working on goes from Flash to php. The php file stores values from the Flash program into an array. The first time you see the php page it won't print the array. The second time it shows everything in the array, and everytime after that.

I am making a shopping cart. This is part of the code to give you an idea of what I am doing:

index.php:
//I post variables from flash in this file

StoreTextInfo($ItemNumber, $price, $details);

//global.php
function StoreTextInfo($ItemNumber, $price, $details){
if(!IsSet($_SESSION['Array']))
{
$_SESSION['Array'] = array($ItemNumber, $price, $details);	 
$Array= $_SESSION['Array'];
	 }

else{
$Array = $_SESSION['Array'];
array_push($Array,$ItemNumber, $price, $details);	$_SESSION['Array'] = $Array;
 	}
return $Array;
}

[drawmack]

you might want to look into serialization for that.

[JLW]

Thanks for your help! I don't know much about serialization but if I am using sessions doesn't that take care of it?

Another thing, I have a function that stores the information (called StoreItems) in the array and another one that prints the array (called PrintOrder). As a test, I printed the array in the function StoreItems and it works the first time (without having to refresh the page). However in order for the PrintOrder function to work it still has to be refreshed. I could of course just print the array in StoreItems but doesn't it make more sense to have a separate function to print? Any ideas will be appreciated.