post an array

[fizzwizz]

I have an array $myarray[] with values
$myarray[0] = "value1"
$myarray[1] = "value2"

I want to post this array into another page .. so I do

<input type='hidden' name='myarray[]' value='$myarray'>

but this doesn't work properly because now it contains value
$myarray[0] = "array"
$myarray[1] = NULL

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks again ... Fizz

[maxpup979]

try using serialize--then unserialize the variable on the target page, and the array should come in intact.

[fizzwizz]

Done as you have suggested but it comes through as before

[maxpup979]

I just tried it myself, and ran into a little quirk--may be the same with your setup. Try unserialize(stripslashes($variable));

[fizzwizz]

Hi
Thanks for your help
I couln't get serialize to do what I needed. It acted strangely when I tried to add new elements into the array and the strip slashes broke the variables (which are paths).
I found another solution using implode/explode but I am surprised php doesn't have a neater solution for this problem. It would be nice if I could post an array directly! but then I would have to find something else to moan about 🙂

Thanks again for your help!

[Thora_Fan]

I would do something like this:

on your first page:

<input type='hidden' name='myarray[]' value='$myarray'>

and on the second page:

$myarray = $_POST["myarray"];

That should work. Also, if you try:

extract($_POST);

you may not need to do that and $myarray should be accessible.