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[Sleidia]

Hello guys,

If you have : $string_from_array = print_r($array, true);

How could you possibly get the original $array from $string_from_array ?

I tried $array = array($string_from_array), but of course, it didn't work.

Thanks for the help !

 

[sleipnir214]

There is no PHP function to do that. You'd have to write your own. print_r() is intended to give human-readable variable information.

Have you looked at serialize() and unserialize()?

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[Sleidia]

Thanks sleipnir 214

That's exactly what I needed !

In my opinion, they should have made it so that serialize doesn't use double quotes because you have to remove them when serialize is used in a hidden form field.

 

[sleipnir214]

I don't think serialize() was intended to be used with an HTML form. Most likely, that functionality was developed for situations where you have to store data to a file. Like sessions.

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