PHP Get Values from POST Array [duplicate] - php

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How can I access an array/object?
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I'm processing a form that submits to my PHP page. The request data looks like this:
Array
(
[submission_id] => 363112875894117228
[name] => Array
(
[0] => Tom
[1] => Jones
)
[address] => Array
(
[0] => 21 Jump St
[1] =>
[2] => Sydney
[3] => NSW
[4] => 2000
[5] => Australia
)
[cellularnumber] => Array
(
[0] => [phone]
)
)
I'm trying to set a variable that contains the value of the first name, last name etc. For example I would like to set a variable:
$firstName
that is equal to Tom.
I'm familiar with using this syntax:
$firstName = $_POST['name']
but not sure how to handle the array in this case?

Answer 1

use array index for name like
$fname = $_POST['name'][0];
$lname = $_POST['name'][1];
and use implode statement for the address like
implode(" ",$_POST['address']) (it will convert your address array to string)

Answer 2

Have you tried like this , I hope this should work for you.
$firstName = $_POST['name'][0];
$lastName = $_POST['name'][1];

Answer 3

Its a multidimensional array. In your case the array element name have one more sub array. You can access it as follows,
$firstName = $_POST['name'][0];
$lastName = $_POST['name'][1];

Answer 4

You can convert the whole array to JSON to POST using json_encode, then use json_decode to fetch all data at backend.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php
$result = json_encode(Array
(
'submission_id' => 363112875894117228,
'name' => Array
(
0 => 'Tom',
1 => 'Jones',
),
'address' => Array
(
0 => '21 Jump St',
1 => '',
2 => 'Sydney',
3 => 'NSW',
4 => '2000',
5 => 'Australia',
),
'cellularnumber' => Array
(
0 => '[phone]',
),
))
End up to {"submission_id":363112875894117228,"name":["Tom","Jones"],"address":["21 Jump St","","Sydney","NSW","2000","Australia"],"cellularnumber":["[phone]"]}