[bark]

Hi

Does anybody know how to write arrays to file, and still maintain the array functions?

I'm trying to write a message board, very similar to a simple guestbook, and I need these messages to be stored in an array. When viewing the message board I want the newest message on top. I'm also planning to delete messages older than a certain amount of time.

I know all this is possible by sorting the messages into an array, but I'm not sure how to write the array to a file, and then later read the array data from the same file when viewing the message board. Is it even possible? Or does anybody know of another way of doing this?

(I've searched PHP.net for a function like this, but all I can find is IMPLODE, and that doesn't keep the array structure I need.)

[Mud]

cant u just keep the array structure
$Arrayname = array(stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff); not sure about other stuff but use a mysql database if u have the resources your life will be easier!

[blaw]

Hi there,

implode()/explode() really only works for value-only/one-dimension array. If your array is more complicated than this, use serialize()/unserialize(). Use serialize() to flatten the array to write to your file, and unserialize() it (stored as one line) when you read it from the file.

HTH.