note 56437 added to function.print-r

Here's a short function that can export php arrays to javascript arrays. <?php function php_to_js($array, $base) { $js = ''; foreach ($array as $key=>$val) { if (is_array($val)) { $js .= php_to_js($val, $base.(is_numeric($key) ? '['.$key.']' : "['".addslashes($key)."']")); } else { $js .= $base; $js .= is_numeric($key) ? '['.$key.']' : "['".addslashes($key)."']"; $js .= ' = '; $js .= is_numeric($val) ? ''.$val.'' : "'".addslashes($val)."'"; $js .= ";\n"; } } return $base." = new Array();\n".$js; } ?> Example use: <?php $my_array = array('gdsag' => 4, 'hello', array(5, 6)); echo '<script>'.php_to_js($my_array).'</script>'; ?> This would output: <script> jsvarname = new Array(); jsvarname['gdsag'] = 4; jsvarname[0] = 'hello'; jsvarname[1] = new Array(); jsvarname[1][0] = 5; jsvarname[1][1] = 6; </script> Now the array is loaded in the browser as javascript. As you can see, it supports multidimensional arrays too. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56437 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56437&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56437&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php