passing an array though anchor link

[CyberShot]

I am passing an array of wordpress page IDs through an anchor link but it looks rather ugly. I am serializing my array like this

$var = htmlspecialchars(serialize($pages), ENT_QUOTES);

which gives me this

string(45) "a:4:{i:0;i:944;i:1;i:17;i:2;i:19;i:3;i:1310;}" 

passing it through an anchor tag like so

$link = tbpb_get_archives_link(); // returns the permalink of a WordPress page
<a href="<?php echo $link . '?var='. $var ?>" class="work-all"><span><i class="fa fa-times"></i> All works</span></a>

now my anchor tag looks like this in the navigation bar

http://mysite.com/all-projects/?var=a:4:{i:0;i:944;i:1;i:17;i:2;i:19;i:3;i:1310;}

is there a way to clean that up and make it look prettier? or another method of passing the variables from one page to another?

[kicken]

I'd just implode the array with a separator, such as a comma or dash or whatever else. Then explode it on the next page to get your array back.

 

You could also form a URL with multiple parameters using PHP's parameter array syntax so your URL would look like:

http://mysite.com/all-projects/?var[]=944&var[]=17&var[]=19&var[]=1310

There is a function for this built into PHP.

[CyberShot]

My only thing with this is that I don't see this kind of thing often. I would think there would be a better way. I think your idea has promise and I might actually look into that. I did try the http_build_query but I don't think it ended up working. This is the first time I have tried passing variables through a link

Edited January 12, 2018 by CyberShot

[CyberShot]

I'd just implode the array with a separator, such as a comma or dash or whatever else. Then explode it on the next page to get your array back.

 

You could also form a URL with multiple parameters using PHP's parameter array syntax so your URL would look like:

http://mysite.com/all-projects/?var[]=944&var[]=17&var[]=19&var[]=1310

There is a function for this built into PHP.

 

 

I re-wrote it with the implode, explode. It's shorter and cleaner. It also makes the address at least look like something WordPress would do. I had hoped to find a way to hide the variable all together but I can accept this method.

Edited January 12, 2018 by CyberShot