Re: Arrays through URL

i would agree that serialize isn't good for huge arrays, yes, but if you're considering databases, why not use sessions? -J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Reiniger" <creinig@mayn.de> To: "PHP" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Arrays through URL On Friday 09 February 2001 10:31, Jørg V. Bryne wrote: > check out: serialize(); > > I'm trying to pass a multi dimensional array through a url link but > > I'm having a hard time doing this. Is it actually possible? from what It's possible (with serialize), but not desirable if the array can become big (which is easy with multidim. arrays). Better: $ArrayS = serialize ($TheArray); $AKey = md5 ($ArrayS); // insert into database (key: $AKey, value: $ArrayS) $Url = $baseurl . "?key=$AKey" plus the matching reading code -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) "Software is like sex: the best is for free" -- Linus Torvalds -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net