Question

I have a page where I output some data (page1.php). Also I have another page (page2.php) where I need to pass the values as well.

// page1.php

$myVals = '""';

foreach($values as $name) {
    $myVals .= ',"'.( strlen($name) ? htmlspecialchars($name) : ' ').'"';
}

$_SESSION['myVals'] = $myVals;

On page2.php I need myVals to be placed into the following string:

$xls->addRow(Array("First Name","Last Name","Website","ID"));

There are supposed to be separate values for xls file headers. Currently if I put my string in it, it is interpreted as a single value.

$xls->addRow(Array($_SESSION['myVals']));

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Why not store it as an array in page1?

Page1:

foreach($values as $name) {
   $_SESSION['myVals'][] = strlen($name) ? htmlspecialchars($name) : ' ';
}

Page2:

$xls->addRow($_SESSION['myVals']);