caputring arrays

123

Hi All

Can anyone help me out.

Im trying to send an array to another page by passing it through the url, then using the extract() function on the next page to seperate it into strings.

The code i have tried doesnt work.

Any ideas????

Thanks

Plasma

Try serialize()

$safe = serialize($array);

"?array=" . urlencode($safe)

Then on the other end:

$array = unserialize($_GET['array']);

php.net/serialize

123

Hey thanks for the reply

I tried useing your method but it didnt work

heres what i did.

$test = array(1 => 'hello', 2=>'bye');

Then on the other side

print = $_GET['name'];

the print function displays the word Array.

ive tried using a foreach loop to extract the arrays values but no luck.

(PLEASE GIVE ME SOME HELP im more intrested in the method or any other mehods)

Weedpacket

I see no serialize() here.

123

thats because this is my method

thorpe

You've already told us your method doesn't work. Try this...

First page.

<?php

  $a = array(1 => 'hello', 2 => 'bye');
  $b = serialize($a);
  echo "<a href=\"link.php?name=$b\" >link</a>";

?>

Then... link.php.

<?php

  $a = unserialize($_GET['name']);
  echo $a[0];

?>

123

Hey Thanks for your help

But this dosent seem to work for me.

I dont get any errors so the code most be good.

However the "echo $a[1];" part of your example does not diplay anything in the browser.

Weedpacket

Typo on thorpe's part; for strings that are being embedded in URLs, urlencode is necessary.

  $b = urlencode(serialize($a));

123

hey heres my code

nothing cums out on the other end

<?php

$a = array(1 => 'hello', 2 => 'bye');
$b = urlencode(serialize($a));
echo "<a href=\"link.php?name=$b\" >link</a>";

lik.php

<?php

$a = urldecode(unserialize($_GET['name']));
echo $a[1];

print_r($a);

nothing comes out wen i use the print_r() function

Weedpacket

You wouldn't need urldecode().

To debug this, print_r($_GET['name']) to see what it is (in fact, look in the URL in the address bar- it should be there, after all).

Plasma

A lack of errors does not mean your code is fine, by the way.