problem with error - Array to string conversion

[ppgpilot]

I have a problem and cannot find the answer...

I am receiving an error - "Array to string conversion"

on the page head I have the following which is throwing the error:

[code=php:0]

$_POST = array_map('stripslashes', $_POST);

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I am using a form multiple select box to select emails into an array:



[code=php:0]

<select multiple name="client_email[]" size="3" >


EOT;

$sql = ("select client_name, email from $tbl1");

$result = mysql_query($sql);


while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    $client_name = $row['client_name'];
    $email = $row['email'];

    echo "<option value=\"$email\">$client_name</option>";
}





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then run the array through a php mail():



[code=php:0]



if(isset($_POST['client_email']))
{
if(is_array($_POST['client_email']))
{
        $client_email = $_POST['client_email'];


        foreach ($client_email as $email)
        {
            mail(
            $email,
            $subject,
            $client_message,
            $header
            );
        }
}elseif(!is_array($_POST['client_email']))
{

        $email = $_POST['client_email'];

            mail(
            $email,
            $subject,
            $client_message,
            $header
            );

}
}



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Then the error "Array to string conversion"

If you have the answer and a fix, please let me know

Thanks

David

[akitchin]

i have a feeling that it's because array_map() only works one level deep.  in other words, it strictly runs stripslashes() on $_POST['client_email'], not each of the $_POST['client_email'][]s themselves.  therefore you're trying to convert the $_POST['client_email'] array into a string when passing it to stripslashes(), which expects a string.

try replacing it with:

[code]$_POST['client_email'] = array_map('stripslashes', $_POST['client_email']);[/code]

you can also have a look in the comments in the php manual for array_map() for "deep_map."  someone wrote a recursive function using array_map() so that it maps the given function to all levels of an array.  i imagine this will be a better solution in the long run.