is it possible to pass an array variable through the URL?

[co.ador]

Want to know your opinion on that

 

 

the variable is $arrRestaurants and the url string would be?

 

herf=" restaurantsresults.php?restaurants=$arrRestauratns"

 

is the above string correct?

[rajivgonsalves]

nope can't do that, you can implode it and pass it thats if it is an array without keys or you can serialize it and pass it

[ngreenwood6]

you can either pass it by serializing it like rajivgonsalves said or you could actually pass it as an array.

 

ex. serialize

$pass = serialize($array);
echo '<a href="test.php'.$pass.'">test</>';

 

ex. array

echo '<a href="test.php?arr[]=test1&arr[]=test2">test</a>';

[co.ador]

thank you guys for the examples...

 

How do I get a serialize array variable in the page being pass to?

 

for instance this is the case of test.php, what is the method of receiving the values of the $pass serialize variable?

[rajivgonsalves]

something like this on the page you are passing the variable

 

$array = array('test'=>'best', 'mest' => 'lest');
$pass = serialize($array);
echo '<a href="test.php?var='.base64_encode(($pass)).'">test</>';

 

on the page your retrieving it

 

$var = unserialize(base64_decode($_GET['var']));
print_r($var);

 

Although keep in mind Get has a limit of 4k I think so if the array is too big it might cut out you might want to send it through post.

$array = unserialize($_GET['var']);