whats the best way to pass arrays?

[Tea_J]

Hey guys

what's the best way to pass arrarys to another script?

tea

[searain]

serialize the array to string and pass the string as cookie or session. on next script, unserialize the string and you get your array back.

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php

[Tea_J]

cool.. thanks

[rachel2004]

FYI... if you choose to store the array in a session variable as searain suggested, the serializing is done automatically.

// page 1
<?php 
session_start();
$_SESSION['myArray'] = array('jan', 'feb', 'mar', 'apr');
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>";

echo '<a href="1.php">1.php</a>';
?>

// page 2
<?php 
session_start();

$different_array = $_SESSION['myArray'];

foreach($different_array AS $key => $value) {
    echo "{$value}<br />";
}
?>