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How to create following string with array in it?

Answer 1

+1 A:

If you want to create an url from a multi-dimensional array, you should use a recursion, or just the built-in php function, which results the same as the function I created http-build-query() (just as Maurice Kherlakian said). It's the easiest way for doing this.

A recursive function example:

function URLfromArray($array,$url = "")
{

    foreach($array as $key => $val)
    {
        if(is_array($val))
        {
            $url = URLfromArray($val,$url);
        }
        else
        {
            $url .= $key."=".$val."&";
        }
    }

    return $url;
}

Nort 2010-06-23 13:31:02

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OM The Eternity 2010-06-23 13:55:17

Answer 2

A:

You could check with is_array and use implode or just loop through the array if you want different keys such as 2_0, 2_1.

Don 2010-06-23 13:31:41

Answer 3

A:

You can check if the value is an array, then recurse or iterate over it...

if (is_array($value)
{
    // process this array
}
else
{
   // normal path
   $get_url .= $key . '=' . rawurlencode(stripslashes($value)) . '&amp;';
}

http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-array.php

rikh 2010-06-23 13:33:26

Answer 4

A:

You could use serialize to serialize the array into a single string and urlencode that resulting string, on the receiving end you would then use urldecode and unserialize.

klennepette 2010-06-23 13:37:57

Answer 5

A:

EDIT: gives the same result as below, 3 lines added to your while cycle..

while (list($key, $value) = each($_GET)) {
    if(is_array($value)){ // new line
        $get_url .= preg_replace('/#\d/','[]',http_build_query($value,$key.'#')); // new line
    } else // new line
        $get_url .= $key . '=' . rawurlencode(stripslashes($value)) . '&amp;';    
}

echo $get_url; // 0=pid&1=gid&2[]=0&2[]=1&2[]=2&2[]=3&2[]=4

If you know the structure of your array will always be as presented, you can do the following:

$array = array(
    'pid',
    'gid',
    array( 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ),
);

foreach($array as $key => $a){
    if(is_array($a)){
        foreach($a as $k => $v){
            $get_url[] = $key . '[]' . '=' . rawurlencode(stripslashes($v));
        }
    } else
        $get_url[] = $key . '=' . rawurlencode(stripslashes($a));
}

echo implode('&amp;',$get_url); // 0=pid&1=gid&2[]=0&2[]=1&2[]=2&2[]=3&2[]=4

acmatos 2010-06-23 13:41:47

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OM The Eternity 2010-06-23 13:55:53

@OM The Eternity: Updated my post. Hope it helps.

acmatos 2010-06-23 14:40:53

@acmatos many thanx for the reply, but my url still displays "2=Array" appended as parameter.. pls help

OM The Eternity 2010-06-24 05:35:28

PLs see the updated "EDIT 2"

OM The Eternity 2010-06-24 05:52:56

@Someone, Thanks for the down votes without explaining why.@OM The Eternity, You probably have an array deeper than 2 levels in $HTTP_GET_VARS, having that, best bet is the recursion function.

acmatos 2010-06-24 08:54:41

Answer 6

+2 A:

did you consider using http_build_query() or http_build_url()?

kgb 2010-06-23 13:45:56

Answer 7

A:

header() has nothing to do with your problem.
you just fail to build proper query string
And I wonder why your problem is still persists despite of all these http_build_query() you've been told already

Col. Shrapnel 2010-06-24 05:55:57

I have updated the question with three functions I am using to build a query, these functions are inbuilt osCommerce functions.. plss guide me

OM The Eternity 2010-06-24 06:05:27

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