How to store an Array in a Session in php
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:37 pm
Let’s create a new page1.php with the following code:
Now that we have the array $my_array in a session variable called $_SESSION['animals'] we can have a look through the array as we choose. Use this snippet to create a new page.
The result of the above code will show you the session array, with the array keys.
Browser output from 2nd page.
You could of course, simply choose individual array members if your 2nd page file looked like this.
This would simply retrieve the value for the 4th member of the array and print bird.
You can basically store almost everything on sessions with php. File pointers, objects, etc...
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<?php
// begin the session
session_start();
// create an array
$my_array=array('cat', 'dog', 'mouse', 'bird', 'crocodile', 'wombat', 'koala', 'kangaroo');
// put the array in a session variable
$_SESSION['animals']=$my_array;
// a little message to say we have done it
echo 'Putting array into a session variable';
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<?php
// begin the session
session_start();
// loop through the session array with foreach
foreach($_SESSION['animals'] as $key=>$value)
{
// and print out the values
echo 'The value of $_SESSION['."'".$key."'".'] is '."'".$value."'".' <br />';
}
?>Browser output from 2nd page.
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The value of $_SESSION['0'] is 'cat'
The value of $_SESSION['1'] is 'dog'
The value of $_SESSION['2'] is 'mouse'
The value of $_SESSION['3'] is 'bird'
The value of $_SESSION['4'] is 'crocodile'
The value of $_SESSION['5'] is 'wombat'
The value of $_SESSION['6'] is 'koala'
The value of $_SESSION['7'] is 'kangaroo'Code: Select all
<?php
// begin the session
session_start();
// echo a single member of the array
echo $_SESSION['animals'][3];
?>You can basically store almost everything on sessions with php. File pointers, objects, etc...