Posted by ZeldorBlat on 10/25/06 22:21

Stan McCann wrote:
> I've searched and searched for a function to create an array from a
> string maintaining key/value pairs and keep coming up blank. This
> seems to me that it would be quite commonly used.
>
> What I am doing is trying to pass an array using $_GET. To pass the
> array, it is rather simple to add it to my get string breaking the
> array into key,value,key,value,key,value. The problem is reading it
> back into an array. I've tried explode but that places each key and
> value as a value in an array. I've tried split and think it might work
> except it chokes if there is only one key/value. Is there a function
> to do what I want or is there a better way to pass an array?
>
> --

Yes there is a better way to pass an array. Just pass an array :)

page.php?foo[0]=bar&foo[1]=baz&foo[2]=bah

Then $_GET['foo'] will be an array.

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