Question

How would i go about taking all information thats submitted via POST to a page, and storing it in a db as a readable array

Right now i have this function:

    $mysql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`sid`, `contents`) VALUES ('$sid', '$contents')") or die(mysql_error());
    if($mysql){
    return TRUE;
    }else{
    return FALSE;
    }

when i pass $_POST for $contents, all i get in the db is Array
I need some way of reading the post values, converting them to something readable, storing them, and then being able to get them back out and loop through the info again

Answer 1

Use serialize:

Generates a storable representation of
a value This is useful for storing or
passing PHP values around without
losing their type and structure.

Example:

// turn $_POST into a string that can be reconstructed to its original array form
$postStr = serialize($_POST);

Use unserialize to recover the string as an array:

// give me back my array
$postArr = unserialize($postStr);

Make sure to correctly escape your string using mysql_real_escape_string prior to inserting in the database.