Passing An Array As Request Parameter To PHP

[arpit_gadle]

Dear All,

                  I am a newbie to Javascript and PHP programming. I want to know how one can pass an array of values to a PHP script without using a form.

                 

Regards,

Arpit U. Gadle

 

[Adam]

Through the URL:

 

example.com/index.php?param1=value1&param2=value2

[arpit_gadle]

thnx for replying...

      wat i m asking is

             

 var array=new array()
                array[0]="First";
                array[1]="Second";

 

and want to pass this as single(array) request parameter to PHP script.

[fr34k]

thnx for replying...

      wat i m asking is

             

 var array=new array()
                array[0]="First";
                array[1]="Second";

 

and want to pass this as single(array) request parameter to PHP script.

 

The easiest way is still going to be a URL, although you'll need to construct the parameters from your array.  Using your example:

http://host.com/script.php?array[]=First&array[]=Second

 

In your PHP script, $_GET['array'] would then be a PHP array, containing the values "First," and "Second."

 

Please note that it doesn't need to be named "array."  You can name it whatever you like.  The important thing is the [] at the end of your URL parameters.

[ksugihara]

The thing about GET parameters is they are not (afaik) capable of multi-dimensional values, such as arrays. You could potentially use a cookie, or store in sessions, or a database, but only the later is actually capable of handling an array as an array, and not as just values that can later be constructed into an array.

[tomfmason]

The thing about GET parameters is they are not (afaik) capable of multi-dimensional values, such as arrays.

 

um yeah you can eg

 

?foo[]=test&foo[bar]=baz&foo[bar][baz]=foo

 

Array

(

[0] => test

[bar] => Array

(

[baz] => foo

)

 

)

 

Also, you could send the javascript object as a json string and then decode it server side rather quickly and without having to loop through the array in javascript to construct the proper url