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I have 2 pages which are file.xhtml and submit-exec.php. I am passing my javascript array from the xhtml file to the php using ajax. I found several tutorials online but none of them settled my problems. I am still wondering is it possible any problem with xhtml?

the array:

var array = [];
array.push({ name: "name", value: document.forms["form"]["name"].value});
array.push({ name: "email", value: document.forms["form"]["email"].value});
array.push({ name: "mobile", value: document.forms["form"]["mobile"].value});

file.xhtml

$.ajax({ //to run exec in background
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'submit-exec.php',
    data: {'data' : array},

    success: function(){
        alert("ok");
    }
});

submit-exec.php

$myArray = $_POST['data'];

print_r($myArray);

Anyone can help me?

Thanks!

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You've posted some code that, aside from array being undefined, works. What's the problem? What happens that differs from what you expect to happen? –  Quentin Oct 14 at 6:22
 
You need to JSONify your data before sending (data: {'data' : array.serialize()} - I think) and then convert back to an object that php understands (json_decode($_POST{'data']) ). –  jeff Oct 14 at 6:44
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Quentin, Johannes Kuhn, Chris Kempen, Phil Hannent, Pavel Janicek Oct 14 at 10:20

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You can simply send an object (I don't change the variable name "array" to fit your ajax, but you definitily should) 

var array = {name: document.forms["form"]["name"].value, email: document.forms["form"]["email"].value, mobile: document.forms["form"]["mobile"].value}

no need to convert to string

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Object can't be send through POST. So, to make your code works you must convert your array to string & convert it back to array at server side. For example:

data: {'data' : array.join(',')},

And at server side, convert it back to array by using explode:

$myArray = explode(",", $_POST['data']);
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