Problem passing arrays between pages using seriali

[clem_c_rock]

Hello,

I'm trying to serialize an array, then throw it into a url stream to pass it to a new page where I will then unserialize the array. When I pass it to the next page and do a print_r( $unserialized_array ), I get no values.

Here's the code I'm trying:

Page 1:

$array = array();
$array["a"] = "Foo";
$array["b"] = "Bar";
$array["c"] = "Baz";
$array["d"] = "Wom";

$test_array = serialize( $array );

Url string: <a href="page_2.php?serialized_array=<?=$test_array ?>" >


Page 2:

$this_code_array = array();
$this_code_array = unserialize( urldecode( $_REQUEST['serialized_array'] ) );
print_r( $this_code_array ); // will not print anything

[clem_c_rock]

Ok - I solved it nicely w/ this here bit of code;


PAGE 1:

$this_code_value_array = array();
$this_code_value_array = serialize( $this_code_value_array );

Url:

$url = "page_2.php?serialized_array=" . urlencode($test_array);

PAGE 2:

$unserialized_code_array = array();
$unserialized_code_array = unserialize( stripslashes( urldecode( $_REQUEST['code_array'] ) ) );

[strasm]

You can also do it with sessions. The main advantage to sessions is you can call them from any page without passing it each time, and the syntax is much easier.

session_start();

$_SESSION[user][name] = "bill jackson";

page 2

session_start();
$name = $_SESSION[user][name];