Passing and array

[plasmahba]

Hi

I want to pass some variables from one page to another and I'm considering what is the best way to do it. Instead of having a long url&with&a&lot&of&variables, is it possible to create an array and pass it through and url?
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For example
<? $List = array("one","two","three","four");?>

<input type="hidden" name="list" value="<?php echo $List; ?>">

and then
goto.php?list=".$_POST['list']
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I don't know if this is the best or the worst. If you have any comments I will appreciate it lots

thanks



ok

[siteguru]

You can't (AFAIK) directly pass a PHP array through a URL. What about using PHP session variables?

//page1.php
session_start();
$_SESSION['List'] = array("one","two","three","four");

//page2.php
session_start();
$List = $_SESSION['List']; 

[Raju Gautam]

I hope you can manage the way as required but it is possible to pass like this:

http://www.yourdomain.com/page.php?my[]=1&my[]=2&my[]=3&my[]=4&my[]=5&my[]=6

And get it like this:

print "<pre>";
print_r($_GET['my']);
print "</pre>"; 

But still it is better to use SESSION.

[logic_earth]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php

or

http://www.php.net/manual/en/functio...uild-query.php

[paul_wilkins]

I'd pick serialize myself. It's a great way to pass arrays through the querystring.