Re: Passing Serialized Array via Hidden field

> --- Andrei Verovski <andreil1@mail.starlett.lv> wrote: > > I am need to pass serialized assotiative array via form hidden > > field (not GET or POST). > > This is impossible. A hidden form field is simply a form field that is not > displayed to the user. Form actions must be GET or POST. > > > In order to do it, I did the following: urlencode(serialize($my_array)). > > Don't URL encode the value of the form field, since the browser will take care > of that. You should probably use POST rather than GET, because serializing an > array might yield a very long string and make the URL too large for the Web > browser and/or Web server to handle. I didn't see the original thread, but judging from the title, this is how you'd do it: <input type="hidden" name="serialized_array" value="<?=htmlentities(serialize($array))?>"> And to retrieve: $array = unserialize(stripslashes($_POST['serialized_array'])); (assuming magic_quotes_gpc is ON) ---John Holmes...