note 43434 deleted from function.http-build-query by aidan

Note Submitter: brooklynphil hotmail com ---- well, i am bored at work so... here is the function for php<5 that DOES work on nested arrays... ;) <?php if (!function_exists('http_build_query')){function http_build_query(&$a,$pref,$f='',$idx='') { $ret = ''; foreach ($a as $i => $j) { if ($idx != '') $i = $idx."[$i]"; if (is_array($j)) $ret .= http_build_query($j,'',$f,$i); else { $j=urlencode($j); if (is_int($i)) $ret .= "$f$pref$i=$j"; else $ret .= "$f$i=$j"; } $f='&'; } return $ret; }} $data = array('user'=>array('name'=>'Bob Smith', 'age'=>47, 'sex'=>'M', 'dob'=>'5/12/1956'), 'pastimes'=>array('golf', 'opera', 'poker', 'rap'), 'children'=>array('bobby'=>array('age'=>12, 'sex'=>'M'), 'sally'=>array('age'=>8, 'sex'=>'F')), 'CEO'); echo http_build_query($data, 'flags_'); ?> user[name]=Bob+Smith&user[age]=47&user[sex]=M&user[dob]=5%2F12%2F1956& pastimes[0]=golf&pastimes[1]=opera&pastimes[2]=poker&pastimes[3]=rap& children[bobby][age]=12&children[bobby][sex]=M&children[sally][age]=8& children[sally][sex]=F&flags_0=CEO seems to work the same as the php 5 one above with this example --Phil p.s. not sure if it works with objects, but the modification to do so should be trivial and is left as an exercise to the reader ;p