Posted by Al on 10/06/45 11:30

Ken Tozier wrote:
> I'm having a major problem with what seems, on it's face, to be a
> really basic array function.
>
> What happens is on the browser end, I've written some javascript code
> that packages up javascript variables in native PHP format and sends
> the packed variables to a PHP script on the server via a POST and
> XMLHTTP. On the server end, the PHP script grabs the packed variables
> out of the $_POST, strips slashes and uses the "unserialize" command.
>
> Here's the function that gets the post data
> $unpacked_data = GetDataFromPOST();
>
> And here's a var_dump of $unpacked_data as it appears in the browser
> array(1) { ["handler"]=> array(1) { ["0"]=> string(9) "databases" } }
>
> I'm able to get the "handler with no problem like so:
> $parts = $unpacked_data['handler'];
>
> Which yields the following var_dump
> array(1) { ["0"]=> string(9) "databases" }
>
> Here's where the problem starts. I've had no luck whatsoever trying to
> get items of $parts. I've tried all of the following and each of them
> return NULL
>
> $part_1 = $parts[0];
> $part_1 = $parts['0'];
> $part_1 = $parts["0"];
> $part_1 = $parts[48]; <- ASCII character for zero
>
> In desperation, I also tried this
>
> foreach($parts as $key => $value)
> {
> var_dump($key);
> // => string(1) "0"
> var_dump($value);
> // => string(9) "databases"
>
> $parts_1 = $parts[$key];
> // => NULL;
> }
>
> But no luck
>
> I also checked the type and size of the key like so
> foreach($parts as $key => $value)
> {
> echo gettype($key);
> // => string
>
> echo sizeof($key);
> // => 1
> }
>
> Anyone have any insights as to what the heck is going on here? This
> should be a piece of cake but It's stopped me cold for a full day and a
> half
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Ken


Why the serialize/unserialize()? Don't serialize() on the client's and see what happens if you just print_r($_POST) as
received?

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