Question

I am trying to send a javascript array to an external php page, but the only thing the php page is picking up is the fact that I am sending array, not the actual data within the array.

javascript –

var newArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; 

        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'array.php', 
            data: {'something': newArray}, 
            success: function(){
                alert("sent");
            }
        });         

External PHP Page –

<?php 
    echo($_POST['something'])); 
?>

I know this question has been asked before, but for some reason, this isn’t working for me. I have spent the last couple days trying to figure this out as well. Can someone please point me in the right direction.

current output (from php page) –
Array (thats all the page outputs)

Answer 1

You should use var_dump in stead of echo.

Echo is only for strings, integers, floats and it will print 1 if a boolean is TRUE, and Array for an array.