Echoing array data only prints "Array"

Question

I have encountered a problem when trying to add values to an array through a foreach loop. Basically I have this form where there's a bunch of topics that the user can click 'like' or 'dislike' on with two radio-buttons per topic. I then want to collect the "likes" and the "dislikes" in two separate arrays, and insert them into a database, but something I don't do correct. Here is a sample from the HTML code:

Action movies  Like<input type="radio" name="1" value="1" />  Dislike<input type="radio" id="2" name="1" value="2" />

And the PHP code:

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    $likes = array();
    $dislikes = array();

    foreach($_POST as $key => $value) {

        /* $key is the name of the object an user can click "like" or "dislike" on, $value   
        is either 'like', which is equal to '2' or 'dislike', equal to '1' */
        if ($value > 1) { array_push($likes, $key); } else { array_push($dislikes, $key); 
    }
} 
echo 'The object(s) the user likes: ' . $likes . ' , 
       and the object(s) the user dislikes: ' . $dislikes;

I however receive this:

"The object(s) the user likes: Array , and the object(s) the user dislikes: Array"

Id & name can't be only numbers (or starting with one)

Shikiryu
– Shikiryu

2012-07-25 12:46:20 +00:00
Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 12:46 — Shikiryu
– Shikiryu, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 12:46

deceze · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-25 12:46:26Z

2

An array when cast to a string will simply be output as the string "Array". If you want to output each element in the array, loop through them or use something like join:

echo join(', ', $likes);

array_push is working just fine.

answered Jul 25, 2012 at 12:46

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4 Comments

Jason McCreary Over a year ago

+1, But curious why you used the alias join() vs. implode() directly?

deceze Over a year ago

Cause it makes more sense to me and doesn't have any downsides.

deceze Over a year ago

@Danny BTW, $likes[] = $key; is the usual idiom instead of array_push.

DannyCruzeira Over a year ago

@deceze, is there some reason for $likes[] = $key; being more usual than array_push?

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