You could store it as a series of comma separated values in a text field and
manipulate it using implode() and explode() on the comma separators. I've
done this for small arrays and it works OK. WOuld like to know if there's an
easier way though. Not that this is all that bad. I'm just lazy. ;^)
just as a quick fix. I use the following snip to take an array of
choices, enter it into a varchar field (or text if you expect alot) and
extract back to array:
$choicesArray is a list of checkboxes from a form
// put data into table
$checkList = implode(;, $choicesArray);
If your array is multidimensional, you could store it in a javascript-style:
// get the print_r()
// replace (recursively) all instances of Array( .. ) by [...]
If you ever plan to write a class or a function to do that, let me know!
Ignatius
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How would I store an array in the database? I want to store 2 things.
One array of shirt sizes and one array of which holds other arrays.
Easy.
script language=php
$singleDimArray = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 );
$multiDimArray = array( array( this = that, here = there ),
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How would I store an array in the database? I want to store 2 things.
One array of shirt sizes and one array of which holds other arrays.
Easy.
script language=php
$singleDimArray = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
How would I store an array in the database? I want to store 2 things.
One array of shirt sizes and one array of which holds other arrays.
$safe = addslashes(serialize($array));
and store $safe into a text column. Use
$array = unserialize($database_data);
to get the array back.
---John
How would I store an array in the database? I want to store 2 things.
One array of shirt sizes and one array of which holds other arrays.
[snip]
$query = INSERT INTO table
( field1, field2 )
VALUES
( \ . serialize( $singleDimArray ) .
FYI: Make sure you addslashes() _after_ you serialize your array if it can
contain quotes. Everything else remains the same.
Yeah, my bad. Good catch.
Chris
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