Question

$serialize_me = array(
    array(
      'Name' => 'English',
      'Apprev' => 'en',
      'default' => true,
    ),
    array(
      'Name' => 'عربي',
      'Apprev' => 'ar',
      'default' => false,
    ),
); 
$serialized = serialize($serialize_me); 

Using this array, I’m able to serialize the data and insert it into a database. But how can I build such an array using a form?
I’m trying to build a form that will allow me to serialize the data and insert it into a database.

Answer 1

on the HTML side (called for example whatever.php):

<form action="action.php" method="post">
<?php
  $num_languages = 2; // Set this to the number of languages you want.
  for($x = 0; $x < $num_languages; $x++) {
?>
<input type="text" name="name[<?php echo $x; ?>]" />
<input type="text" name="apprev[<?php echo $x; ?>]" />
<input type="checkbox" name="default[<?php echo $x; ?>]" />
<?php } ?>
</form>

and then on the PHP side (in the case of this example a file called action.php):

<?php
  $array_serialize = array();
  foreach ($_POST['name'] as $key => $value) {
    $array_serialize[$key]['Name'] = $value;
    $array_serialize[$key]['Apprev'] = $_POST['apprev'][$key];
    $array_serialize[$key]['default'] = ($_POST['default'][$key] == 'on')?true:false;
  }
  $serialized = serialize($array_serialize); 
?>