Hey no problem.. That's what this list is for.. Asking questions and answering them :)
I just use sessions to pass a lot of variables to a lot of pages.. Or some variables to a lot of pages.. Usually for site authorization that's about it. When I just want to pass arrays to another page, I use serialization, it's the fastest easiest way in my opinion and you donšt have to mess with sessions since in my opinion it would be overkill :) Rick Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with the enemy. - Henry Kissinger > From: "Navid Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:43:27 -0500 > To: "'PHP General'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [PHP] passing ARRAYs through GET strings > > Well Rick, > > Let's say I had a form with a text box and an textarea box. The text box > won't contain that many strings, but the textarea box can contain > thousands of characters, if the user wished to write that much. Both of > the fields will be contained in a single array. If I send this array > through a GET string, it will only pass 255 characters through to the > next page, and the rest of the content will be cut out of the picture as > if it never existed. Then, I thought maybe sessions would do the trick, > and it does a great job so far. So now I'm stuck with the idea that > using sessions to pass arrays, in the particular situation, would be the > best thing to do. But, out of curiousity, I wanted to know how other > people sent their arrays back and forth from one page to another. That's > all :) Thanks for your patience, I really appreciate it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] passing ARRAYs through GET strings > > > Well what I normally do to pass very large arrays through strings.. when > NOT using sessions, I use serialize, but it sounds like you didnšt want > to serialize.. If you give me an idea of what you are doing I might be > able to figure out the best way to pass those variables :) > > And no you don't need to serialize the data when using sessions. > Sessions themselves are serialized automatically, you donšt need to > worry about that. > > Rick > > "We do not have to visit a mad house to find disordered minds; our > planet is the mental institution of the universe." - Unknown > >> From: "Navid Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:51:38 -0500 >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: RE: [PHP] passing ARRAYs through GET strings >> >> Thanks SP and Richard, >> >> Well, I tested it and it works fine with sessions, without serializing > >> it. The only problem with sending it through GET url strings is that >> you can only send about 255 characters of data through to the next >> page. I was just looking to see how others pass their array values >> through their URLs. So far sessions is a winner, but maybe there's >> another way. Like what Richard suggested. But that method seems too >> time consuming and will be confusing later on since it uses enumerated > arrays. Just need >> some suggestions and hints. :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: SP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:31 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [PHP] passing ARRAYs through GET strings >> >> >> Hi Navid >> >> Don't you have to serialize it to put it in >> sessions? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Navid Y. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: May 18, 2002 2:26 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [PHP] passing ARRAYs through GET strings >> >> >> Hello :) >> >> Can anyone suggest of another way, an easier way, >> to send arrays through >> get strings, or through any other process, without >> having to serializing >> it? For example, would it be better to use >> sessions in this case? Any >> help would be greatful, thanks. :) >> >> Navid >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >> --- >> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system >> (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release >> Date: 07/05/02 >> >> --- >> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system >> (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release >> Date: 07/05/02 >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
