note 99108 added to function.curl-setopt

Be careful when setting the CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS setting using an array. The array used to set the POST fields must only contain scalar values. Multidimentional arrays or objects lacking a __toString implementation will cause Curl to error. If there is a need to send non-scalar values using a POST request, consider serializing them before transmission. <?php $ch = curl_init('http://some.domain.tld'); // Data to post $multiDimensional = array( 'name' = 'foo', 'data' = array(1,2,3,4), 'value' = 'bar' ); // Will error curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $multiDimensional); // Data to post $postData = array( 'name' = 'foo', 'data' = serialize(array(1,2,3,4)), 'value' = 'bar' ); // Will not error curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 62.208.225.86 (proxied: 148.185.9.27) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99108 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99108 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99108 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php