php source q's reverse...

Hi, thanks for the help Andrei , I am getting there with set_artists, documenters & authors ... so now the reverse of my previous question .. converting a gtk array of strings into a php array ? The below will return an array if I populate it manually so I am mostly there apart from converting the gchar list items into a string to add to the returned array , I found cp_ret = phpg_from_utf8(php_retval, strlen(php_retval), &cp_len, &free_result TSRMLS_CC); elsewhere but that gives me empty strings (or I am populating the array incorrectly. also how can I iterate though the gchar list ? /****************************************************/ static PHP_METHOD(GtkAboutDialog, get_artists) { gchar *list, *cp_ret; zval *item; unsigned int i=0; const gchar *php_retval; gsize cp_len; zend_bool free_result; NOT_STATIC_METHOD(); if (!php_gtk_parse_args(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "")){ return; } list = gtk_about_dialog_get_artists(GTK_ABOUT_DIALOG(PHPG_GOBJECT(this_ptr))); array_init(return_value); while( i < sizeof( list ) ){ //I know sizeof() is wrong here// cp_ret = phpg_from_utf8(php_retval, strlen(php_retval), &cp_len, &free_result TSRMLS_CC); add_index_string(return_value, i, cp_ret, 0 ) ; i++; } } /****************************************************/ Sorry to be a pain Regards, Simon.