"Why do you want to post it to itself? Why not use a session instead? " -I dont know. Never tried "session" "It's a lot more efficient." -OK. Is it more complicated to write? -Will "Stut" <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti viestissä:4447718A.9080700@xxxxxxxxxxxx > William Stokes wrote: > >>Can someone help me to get started with serializing? I think I did'nt >>quite understand the manual here... >> >>How to post to $PHP_SELF and read this simple array? >> > > Why do you want to post it to itself? Why not use a session instead? It's > a lot more efficient. > >><? >>//print the posted array here >>print_r($arr_siirt_jouk); >> >>//create the array and post it in another name >>$arr_siirto = array(1,2,3); >><input type="hidden" name="arr_siirt_jouk" value="<?php echo >>"$arr_siirto";?>"> >>?> >> >> >>I tried: >> >><? >>//print the posted array here >>unserialize($arr_siirt_jouk); >> > You need to put the unserialized array somewhere, change this to > $arr_siirt_jouk = unserialize($arr_siirt_jouk); > >>print_r($arr_siirt_jouk); >> >>//create the array and post it in another name >>$arr_siirto = array((serialize('1','2','3')); >> > Here you are still putting an array into the input field. You probably > want > $arr_siirto = serialize(array('1','2','3')); > >><input type="hidden" name="arr_siirt_jouk" value="<?php echo >>"$arr_siirto";?>"> >>?> >> >>Which, to my great surprice, didn't work :) >> > I was surpriced too! Is the manual really that poorly written? I can't see > how you got to your code by following the examples provided. > > -Stut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php