Array as session variable

Question

Is it possible to make an array a session variable in PHP   The situation is that I have a table  page 1  with some cells having a link to a particular page  The next page will have a list of names  page 2  which I want to keep in a session array  with their respective checkboxes  On submitting this form  it will lead to a transaction page  page 3  where values of posted checkboxes are kept in a database for corresponding names   Now  if I return to the first page and click another cell  will the session array contain the new list of names or the old ones

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First change the array to a string by using implode   function  E g  number array 1 2 3 4 5        stringofnumber implode      number   then pass the string to a session  e g   SESSION  string    stringofnumber  so when you go to the page where you want to use the array  just explode your string  e g   number explode        SESSION  string     finally number is your array but remember to start array on the of each page

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Yes  you can put arrays in sessions  example     SESSION  name here      your array    Now you can use the   SESSION  name here   on any page you want but make sure that you put the session start   line before using any session functions  so you code should look something like this    session start       SESSION  name here      your array    Possible Example    session start       SESSION  name here       POST    Now you can get field values on any page like this    echo   SESSION  name here    field name      As for the second part of your question  the session variables remain there unless you assign different array data      SESSION  name here      your array    Session life time is set into php ini file   More Info Here

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Yes  PHP supports arrays as session variables   See this page for an example   As for your second question  once you set the session variable  it will remain the same until you either change it or unset it   So if the 3rd page doesn t change the session variable  it will stay the same until the 2nd page changes it again

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