RE: [PHP] multipart/form-data and Array POST

I am running: $my_array = unserialize(base64_decode($my_array)); on the array once it's POSTed. -----Original Message----- From: Raditha Dissanayake [mailto:jabber@raditha.com] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 10:18 AM To: Andy Lewis Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] multipart/form-data and Array POST Andy Lewis wrote: >Hello All, > >I'm having a problem including an array in a hidden field for file >upload. > >My first question is, can this be done? Can I actually include an array >in a hidden field on a POSTed PHP upload field? > > can be done > >If so do I have to encode the array. I use array's on my site and am >aware that I have to encode them to pass the values from page to page >but, for some reason I can't pass them thru a multipart/form-data form >upload. The file gets uploaded with no problem. > > You are posting to $PHP_SELF, are you sure you are not clobbering your $my_array variable before you attempt to retrieve it's value? What is your register globals settings? > > >My Code: > ><form action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" method="POST" name="sendit" > >enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input name="<?= $upload_file_name; >?>" >type="file" size="60"> <input type="submit" >value="Upload"> ><? >echo "<input type=\"hidden" name=\"my_array\" value=\"" . >base64_encode(serialize($my_array)) . "\">"; >?> ></form> > > The code does not compile. -- Raditha Dissanayake. --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.radinks.com/upload/ Drag and Drop Upload thousands of files and folders in a single transfer. (HTTP or FTP)