Re: HELP with arrays and URL (easy)

On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Dallas Kropka wrote: > I am trying to pass an array through the URL with an echo statement, but all I ever get is the > word Array... Im sure Im doing something stupid... this is what I'm doing... > > $arr = array ("somthing" => "here"); > > echo"<a href=\"test2.php3?arr=$arr\">link</a>"; > > > and to view... > > $key = $arr[somthing]; > echo("$arr[somthing]"); > > > but all I get is either the letter A or Array.... how can I fix this? > > Thanks, > Dallas K. > 1) You can't pass arrays like that. All you'll see is "Array" because it tries to convert an array to a string which doesn't work. 2) Put quotes around "somthing". No use using the compiler as a crutch; do it right. 3) Try: ...?arr=".urlencode(serialize($arr))."... and: $arr=unserialize($HTTP_GET_VARS["arr"]); -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>