Passing an array from Angular to php

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I have a dropdown form where you can select one or more items. The selected items I want to send to a backend php script that will insert the selected values into a database. This is my angular insert function:

insertRepair: function (id_telefon, id_culoare, arrayPiese) {
                console.log(arrayPiese);
                http.get('../php/insert_reparatii.php', {
                    params: {id_telefon: id_telefon, arrayPiese: arrayPiese,
                        id_culoare: id_culoare}
                }).then(function () {
                }
            }

The call to this function is done like this:

serviceHttp.insertRepair($scope.phoneMP.selected.id, $scope.colorMP.selected.id, $scope.selectedPiesaMP.selected);

If I print into the console the arrayPiese array it will print for 2 selected items, something like this:

["Adezivi_Rama", "Polarizator"]

Now in the backend I retrieve the array list:

$arr = $_REQUEST['arrayPiese'];

If I print the $arr variable I get only one of two items printed. Need to mention that I migrated from jquery to angular, and from jquery I was able to send the entire array like this:

var arrayPiese = [];
$('.select2-selection__choice').each(function () {
    arrayPiese.push($(this).attr('id'));
});

The url looks like this arrayPiese=Adezivi_Rama&arrayPiese=Polarizator&id_culoare=1&id_telefon=18

Do I need to serialize the array before sending it to php? Or what would be the best approach in sending an array to backend??

rahulbhondave · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-20 10:25:22Z

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You can pass array as json,

http.get('../php/insert_reparatii.php', {params: {id_telefon: id_telefon, arrayPiese:angular.toJson(arrayPiese),
            id_culoare: id_culoare}
    }).then(function () {
    }

Then in your PHP script, convert json to PHP array,

    $arrayPiese = json_decode($_GET['arrayPiese'], TRUE);

answered Jun 20, 2016 at 10:25

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feeela · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-20 10:19:02Z

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arrayPiese=Adezivi_Rama&arrayPiese=Polarizator will result in a single variable $_REQUEST['arrayPiese'] with the value Polarizator because the latter overwrites the first one.

If you want to pass an array, you have to append brackets to the query parameter name:

arrayPiese[]=Adezivi_Rama&arrayPiese[]=Polarizator

…which will result in a PHP variable $_REQUEST['arrayPiese'] with an array value like:

[
    0 => 'Adezivi_Rama',
    1 => 'Polarizator'
]

answered Jun 20, 2016 at 10:19

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Andrei Maieras Over a year ago

hmm, looks easy, need to see how to append the brackets in angular

feeela Over a year ago

@AndreiMaieras I bet there is a method in Angular for this use case…

Andrei Maieras Over a year ago

I found a solution by changing array param in the paramsobject like this: "arrayPiese[]":arrayPiese so for me this would be the accepted response

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