string to array

[ultraviolet_998]

Hi Everyone,

 

I've been really battling with this feature. I seem to have it right up until the part of rebuilding the array from the string.

 

Herewith is my array2string code:

 

function api_array2string($array)
{
$return = "";
$null_value = "";

foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
	if (is_array($value)) {
		$return_value = "(".api_array2string($value);
	} else {
		$return_value = $value."|";
	}
	$return .= $key."=".$return_value;
}
$return .= ")";
return $return;
}

 

Which converts the following array into the following string:

 

Array
(
    [wd] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => wd.co.za
                    [realm] => wd.co.za
                    [1] => SHAPED
                    [service] => SHAPED
                    [2] => Shaped ADSL
                    [description] => Shaped ADSL
                    [3] => wd
                    [userName] => wd
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => wdunshaped.co.za
                    [realm] => wdunshaped.co.za
                    [1] => UNSHAPED
                    [service] => UNSHAPED
                    [2] => Unshaped ADSL
                    [description] => Unshaped ADSL
                    [3] => wd
                    [userName] => wd
                )

        )

    [test] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => test.com
                    [realm] => test.com
                    [1] => SHAPED
                    [service] => SHAPED
                    [2] => Shaped ADSL
                    [description] => Shaped ADSL
                    [3] => test
                    [userName] => test
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => test-local.com
                    [realm] => test-local.com
                    [1] => LOCAL
                    [service] => LOCAL
                    [2] => Local-only ADSL
                    [description] => Local-only ADSL
                    [3] => test
                    [userName] => test
                )

        )

)

 

array(wd=array(0=array(0=wd.co.za,realm=wd.co.za,1=SHAPED,service=SHAPED,2=Shaped ADSL,description=Shaped ADSL,3=wd,UserName=wd);1=array(0=wdunshaped.co.za,realm=wdunshaped.co.za,1=UNSHAPED,service=UNSHAPED,2=Unshaped ADSL,description=Unshaped ADSL,3=wd,UserName=wd));test=array(0=array(0=test.com,realm=test.com,1=SHAPED,service=SHAPED,2=Shaped ADSL,description=Shaped ADSL,3=test,UserName=test);1=array(0=test-local.com,realm=test-local.com,1=LOCAL,service=LOCAL,2=Local-only ADSL,description=Local-only ADSL,3=test,UserName=test)))

 

Now I was using strpos to run through the string isolating the "(" and then cutting up the string as it went on, but it seems I can't get it to work.

 

Any suggestions on how to get this to work, or perhaps my string is retarded and can be simplified?

 

Thanks for the help.

[kenrbnsn]

What are you trying to do?

 

Perhaps you should look at the serialize() and unserialize() functions.

 

Ken

[ultraviolet_998]

Hi Ken,

 

Am trying convert an array to string so that I can then POST it to another page. This page will then rebuild the array and format the data in that array accordingly.

 

Would serialize do such a thing?

 

Thanks

[kenrbnsn]

Yes, that what the functions serialize() and unserialize() do. The serialize() function will convert an array to a string and the unserialize() function will recreate the array from the serialized string.

 

Read the manual references I posted.

 

Ken

[ultraviolet_998]

Hmmm, I feel like a fool!

 

Thank you so much for pointing this out to me. I always assumed (yes I did not read) that serialize and unserialize was to do with sessions.

 

Thanks once again!