RE: [PHP] POST-ing or GET-ing an array

> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Nicholson [mailto:paul@dtnicholson.com] > Sent: 29 October 2002 19:10 > To: Sascha Cunz; Petre Agenbag; php-general@lists.php.net > > Hey, > I think you should be able to serialize and urlencode the > array and then > pass that via get/post.....post would be a lot better as get > is limited to so many chars. > Something like: > $sql = "select stuff from my_table"; > $result = mysql_query($sql); > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { > $id = $myrow["id"]; > $my_array[] = $id; > } > echo '<a href="next_page.php?array='. > urlencode(serialize($my_array)) .'">Next</a>'; > You'll need to unserialize+urldecode the array at the other end. You shouldn't need to urldecode(), as this happens automatically. In fact, this is exactly *why* you need to urlencode() it in the first place! Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211