Arrays from javascript to php

How to take an array to php from javascript?

[Riab]

can u plz tell me how can i pass a string array from javascript to php? Now i am using an array of hidden fields to take values to server while submitting.
like,
<form name="formHid">
<input type="hidden" name="hid1">
<input type="hidden" name="hid1">
</form>

<script language="javascript">
document.formHid.hid1[0].value="SONY";
document.formHid.hid1[1].value="PEPSI";
document.formHid.submit();
</script>

But when i print that array its characters are all separated like if i pass "SONY","PEPSI" from javascript, while printing in php it comes like S,O,N,Y,P,E,P,S,I.

i'm trying to print the submitted array in php like this,
<?

for($i=0;$i<2;$i++) print($hid1[$i]);

?>

[Birdman]

If you add brackets to the name of the inputs it should work as you planned.

<input type="hidden" name="hid1[]">
<input type="hidden" name="hid1[]">

Birdman

[heigold1]

If you add the brackets to the end, then it WILL be recognized as an array by PHP in the post variables, however it won't be recognized as an array by Javascript.

i.e.

total = 0;
for (i = 0; i <= 1; i++)
{
total += this.form.hid1[i].value
}

This won't work with javascript because of the [] in the control name.

[coopster]

How can I pass a variable from Javascript to PHP? [php.net]