Re: 2D array by POST

On 5/18/23 23:38, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> J.O. Aho <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 5/18/23 18:04, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>>> I need to send a 2-dimensional array from one file to another by POST.
>>> The array is $item[][] with contents that are entirelyintegers.
>>>
>>> I have tried :
>>>    Print "<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=item[] VALUE=$item>";
>>> with
>>> $item = stripslashes($_POST['item']);
>>> but it does not work.
>>>
>>>    Any suggestions?
>>
>> 1. use session, store the value in the session and then use it in the
>> next page directly from the session.
>>
>> 2. serialize the variable and base64 encode the serialized data, post
>> this in the form and then base64 decode and unserialize.
>>
> 
> Is base64 strong enugh?

It's not about the encryption, it's about not making the html to break 
as you don't know what the serialized data may contain.

if the data is sensitive or you want to avoid user manipulation of the 
data, then store the data in session and that is way it was number 1 of 
the suggestions.

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  //Aho