Re: Storing an array on a table?

Sorry, didn't catch this thread from the beginning, but did anyone recommend trying the serialize() and unserialize() commands? They'll convert the array to a block of text that can be stored, retrieved and unserialized. My gut instinct is that if you're trying to store any array in a database, you may not have thought through your design very well. BUT.. I also know that there are cases where you might want to (I've actually done it before... being lazy in that case..hah) so dont take that as criticism, just wondering if there's a "more right" way to do it. If that's what you need to do though, definitely check out serialize (unless someone knows something I don't). Serialize() should do essentially what's being proposed below, just without having to figure out what string may not be in your array. good luck! -TG = = = Original message = = = if you just have a simple array with automatic numeric keys and text you could just implode the data to a string with a separator not found in your data: $dataArray = array("hello", "goodbye", "etc."); $storable = implode("||||", $dataArray); // $storable becomes "hello||||goodbye||||etc." //then, use explode to get the original array back again $dataArray = explode("||||", $storable); you could use a similar technique if you want to put the keys in as well, albeit slightly more complicated (e.g. use "||||" to separate each element in the array and "||" to separate each key from its value). Just find a divider you know your data will not contain, such as a pipe: "|". This has worked well for me. Jordan On Sep 1, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Miguel Guirao wrote: > > I want to store an array into a field on a MySQL table, Is it > posible to > save it? Maybe into a string field? > > ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com.