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user2465936
user2465936

Reputation: 1040

Php array with ajax pass/send to other php file and in the other php file use as array with foreach

Have input form like <input type="text" name="record_date[] ...

Part of ajax that sends form to other php file is 

var values = $("form").serialize();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: { 'Values' : values },
dataType: 'json',

The other php file receives data

$values = $_POST['Values'];

As understand this parse_str($_POST['Values'],$output); creates array ($output is array)

But with this print_r(json_encode($output)); I see nothing (expected to see array with values etc.)

If use echo json_encode($output['record_date']); then all works and get entered values.

Trying to create array and then to use the array like this 

 foreach ($output as $i=>$output_value ) {
 echo json_encode($output_value[$i]);
 }

Changed to this echo json_encode($output_value['record_date'][$i]); but in both case echo nothing.

As I understand main question is how to "modify/convert" parse_str($_POST['Values'],$output); to php array

$_POST['Values'] looks like this: record_date%5B%5D=02.07.2013&record_date%5B%5D=01.07.2013

Possibly instead of parse_str need to use something else

Update

If in ajax use dataType: 'json', and in php

foreach ($output as $key => $output_value) {
echo json_encode($output_value);
}

then get nothing.

If commentdataType: 'json',, then see ["02.07.2013","01.07.2013"].

If instead of echo json_encode($output_value); use echo $output_value; then see long list of ArrayArrayArrayArrayArray.

If inside foreach use var_dump($output_value); then see like this

array(2) { [0]=> string(1) "2" [1]=> string(1) "6" } 
...............
array(2) { [0]=> string(10) "02.07.2013" [1]=> string(10) "01.07.2013" }

Seems echo $output[$key][0] inside foreach does what is necessary...

Finally made conclusion that must use such kind of code

foreach ($output[record_date] as $key => $output_value) {
echo $output_value. ' output value<br>';
echo $output[other_name_from_html_input][$key]. ' output date selector value<br>';
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 350

Answers (1)

ozahorulia
ozahorulia

Reputation: 10084

parse_str() actually does what you need.

parse_str($_POST['Values'], $output);
foreach ($output as $key => $output_value) {
    echo json_encode($output_value);
}

Your problem was that you don't understand how foreach loop works. $output_value is already value of the array element for current iteration, so you don't need to use it with indexes. If you want to use indexes you should use them with the original array like this:

foreach ($output as $key => $output_value) {
    echo json_encode($output[$key]);
}

Read carefully: PHP: foreach

But there is something that confusing me. Why are you passing serialized form data as a single value, when you can pass it as post data itself? In this case you don't need to use parse_str() and your code goes this:

JS:

var values = $("form").serialize();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: values,
dataType: 'json',

PHP:

foreach ($_POST as $value) {
    echo json_encode($value);
}

Upvotes: 1

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