You could use sessions to pass the array to the next page easily. $_SESSION[arraylist] = $mList; Then just grab it back from the other form. If you haven't used sessions before you can get a quick overview here. http://www.theoutersphere.com/php/sessions.php Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Squirrel User [mailto:squirrel@isot.com] Sent: February 20, 2003 9:41 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Receiving ARRAY from Forms I tried the following code but all I get back is "Array". I'm trying to pass a huge array. <? if( isset( $submit ) ) { echo "array list:<br>"; print_r( $eList ); $submit = ""; } else { $mList = array(); $mList[0] = "1. hello"; $mList[1] = "2. there"; $mList[2] = "3. How are you"; $fShow = <<<EOD <p>Press Submit Button to test</p> <form method="POST" action="$PHP_SELF" name="Test Array"> <p><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"> <input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></p> <input type="hidden" name="eList[]" value="$mList"> </form> EOD; echo $fShow; } ?> ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through ISOT. To find out more about ISOT, visit http://isot.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php