Passing multiple arrays through $_SESSION

mladen5

Real problems here.

I can pass a single array with no problems, but when i try to do two it messes up, only registering the last passed array to both names.

Here is how I pass the arrays:

// Register an error array - just in case! 
  if (!session_is_registered($theerrors)) 
     session_register($theerrors); 

  // Set up a $formVars array with the POST variables and register with the session. 
  if (!session_is_registered($theformvars)) 
     session_register($theformvars); 

$_SESSION[$theerrors] = serialize($errors); 
$_SESSION[$theformvars] = serialize($formVars);

And then this is how I try retrieve the arrays back onto the next page:

session_start(); 

$errors = unserialize($_SESSION[$theerrors]); 
$formVars = unserialize($_SESSION[$theformvars]);

What the problem is that both $server[$theerrors] and $server[$theformvars] are the same value as serialize($formVars).

or if I take out

$_SESSION[$theformvars] = serialize($formVars);

then they are both the same value as serialize($theerrors)

and I have checked with session_encode() what name the array is going under within the session which is "a" all the time which I dont understand. I think the problem is this but I dont know how to get them named properly.

I'd very much appreciate some help on this as i'm pulling my hair out.

Mladen

devinemke

i think you are making this much too complicated. you don't need to serialize arrays to put them in a session. check it out:

session_start();

$array1 = array('one', 'two', 'three');
$array2 = array('four', 'five', 'six');

$_SESSION['array1'] = $array1;
$_SESSION['array2'] = $array2;

mladen5

Originally posted by devinemke
i think you are making this much too complicated. you don't need to serialize arrays to put them in a session. check it out:
session_start();

$array1 = array('one', 'two', 'three');
$array2 = array('four', 'five', 'six');

$_SESSION['array1'] = $array1;
$_SESSION['array2'] = $array2;
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Jeez, I feel like a twat.

PROBLEM SOLVED

Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.

jordy

session_start(); 

$array1 = array('one', 'two', 'three'); 
$array2 = array('four', 'five', 'six'); 

$_SESSION['array1'] = $array1; 
$_SESSION['array2'] = $array2;

This will also work:

 $_SESSION['array1'] = array('plaap','plop');

or:

$_SESSION['array1'][] = "plaap";
$_SESSION['array1'][] = "plop";

mladen5

Nice nice, thanks for the quick response guys. You've really helped clear things up.