Question

I am working with ajax php i am having a problem i.e

I am passing a javascript list in a ajax request

data: "user_names="+ user_names ; 

i am getting this list on php page like

$participants_names = $_GET['user_names'];

and i am trying to iterate that list like

   for ($i = 0; $i <= $participants_names; $i++) {
      print $i;
   }

but i am not getting the result actualy i am from python and touching this first time in ,php so plz help me out where i am derailing .

Answer 1

$_GET['user_names'] is a string. You can use explode or split php function to make it an array.

If user_names is a comma-separated list of names :

$participants_names = explode( ',', $_GET['user_names']);