Postgres arrays

Hello, I am using PHP4 with a PostgreSQL database. This db allows the use of array variables in data table fields, and there seems to be a problem extracting the arrays through PHP. When I query the table, the array value gets returned as a string, formatted something like this for a (2, 4) array: {{"-58.88","-11.776"},{"0","0"},{"0","0"},{"0","0"}} Why isn't PHP returning an array instead of a string? Is there any way to return the values as an array? I used the following to execute the query: $qidx = pg_exec ($database, $query); Thanks. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert S. Mallozzi 256-544-0887 Mail Code SD 50 http://gammaray.msfc.nasa.gov/ Marshall Space Flight Center http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/ Huntsville, AL 35812 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~