PHP 4 - Declaring variable as an array in a class

[gamew0rld]

A simplified version of what I am trying to do can be seen below:

class report {
     var $myArray;

 function getData(){
      $this->myArray = $_GET['data'];
      print_r($this->myArray);
 }
}

I have 10 input fields named data[1], data[2], ... , data[10].

The first line of my getData function returns a notice that says "Array to string conversion" and the second line simply outputs "Array". However, if I use the following code in the getData function, the array is displayed correctly: print_r($_GET['data']).

The code is not meant to simply print out the array, I am just doing that to try and solve my problem. I need to store it in the variable, but cant figure out whats wrong. I tried to declare the variable as var $myArray = array(); , but that didnt work. Any ideas?

Thanks

[NogDog]

Works OK for me, though I'm running PHP5.

Are you sure the expected $GET values are actually populated? (Maybe you should do a print_r($GET) just to make sure.) Silly question: your form is using the GET method, right? Or should you be using $POST instead of $GET?

[gamew0rld]

In response to your silly question, I am using POST in my actual code, I just typed GET in the code in the code above by accident. That wasnt the problem though 🙂

Since you said the code worked for you, I was able to figure out the problem since there was one small difference I left out of my code above. I was actually using the trim() function on the array for some reason, thinking it would trim each value within the array, but its not THAT easy, haha.

Thanks for testing it for me.

[Weedpacket]

No; it's not that easy 🙂 if $POST['data'] is an array you end up having to write a horror like $POST['data'] = array_map('trim', $POST['data']);.