note 103435 added to function.curl-setopt

in addition to the message from "sam at def dot reyssi dot net" about arrays passed to the CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS option: this function will transform any PHP array containing sub-arrays into an array with serialized keys: <?php function array_httpize(array $the_array,array $path=array()) { $res=array(); foreach($the_array as $key=>$value) { if(is_scalar($value)) { $v=""; foreach($path as $p) { if(!$v) $v=$p; else $v.="[$p]"; } $v.="[$key]"; $res[$v]=$value; } if(is_array($value)) $res=array_merge( $res, array_httpize($value,array_merge($path,array($key)))); } return $res; } ?> usage: <?php $input=array('request'=> array('limit'=>10, 'offset'=>"3", 'filters'=>array('id'=>array('1','3')), 'data'=>array('one'=>"foo",'two'=>"bar"), 'file'=>"/path/to/my/file") ); $output=array_httpize($input); print_r($output); /* Array ( [request[limit]] => 10 [request[offset]] => 3 [request[filters][id][0]] => 1 [request[filters][id][1]] => 3 [request[data][one]] => foo [request[data][two]] => bar [request[file]] => /path/to/my/file )*/ ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 195.6.79.173 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103435 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103435 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103435 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php