Passing an array

[tjbarr]

On my first page where I have a list box with years in it. when submitted it sends the years over on the url. But when I try to send it to page 3 it prints out as ARRAY. How can I send the array from page 2 to page 3?

PAGE 1
<th><div align="center">
<select name="cboyear[]" size="6" multiple class="listbox">
<?php

/
Create your SQL statement
/

$sql="SELECT yr_id, year from tbl_year;";
$result_set = pg_Exec ($conn, $sql);
$rows = pg_NumRows($result_set);

if ((!$result_set) || ($rows < 1)) {
//No connection or no rows returned, so print an error
echo "<H1>ERROR - no rows returned</H1><P>";
exit; //exit the script
}

for ($j=0; $j < $rows; $j++) {
echo "<option value=".pg_result($result_set, $j, "yr_id")."> ".pg_result($result_set, $j, "year")."</option>";
}

?>
</select></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row">&nbsp;</th>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<tr>
<th colspan="4" scope="row"><input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit"></th>
</table>

PAGE 2

<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $_GET['cboyear']?>" name="cboyear" >

          <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">

[frost110]

Use session variables. If that does not work loop through the array and make hidden inputs of it. Other than those to methods I am not sure of a better way. Maybe someone else has some insight

//page 1
session_start();

$_SESSION['array'] = $passThisArray;


//page 2
session_start();
$passedArray = $_SESSION['array'];

--FrosT

[tjbarr]

I am really bad at pseudo code.

if my array on page one is called cboyear how would I code this on page1 - 3?

[frost110]

<?php
// this is page 1

session_start();

$_SESSION['cboyear'] = $cboyear;

?>

<?php
// this is page 2

session_start();

$cboyear = $_SESSION['cboyear'];

?>

<?php
// this is page 3

session_start();

$cboyear = $_SESSION['cboyear'];

?>

That is not really pseudo code, it is realy code and will work. But alright here is the "code" the rest I hope you an figure out because that is the exact information you need to do it.

--FrosT

[arwizard68]

well a solution to this is to send it via post and use the little function add in called fieldforwarder. php real easy to use.... already setup and you do not have ugly URL's

with it you can simply call the function at the top of each form page and then echo the results right after the form start tag--- which makes a hidden field for each posted var (or even an array) --- and then those along with all new variables are post to the next page.