PHP print array in other pages for use over multiple pages

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I need an array in multiple pages, so I tried to make a php file where the array is printed. I used:

file_put_contents('file.php',
    '<?php $order = ' . var_export($order1, true) . '; ?>');

I was hoping that if I included this file in the files where I need the array, I could use it as $order, but I get an error instead. I checked file.php and everything looks in order. Does anyone knows what I am doing wrong?

Alexander Shcheglakov · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-13 09:33:23Z

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You should not create .php files by your backend. It is not secure. I recommend you to use JSON for that:

      file_put_contents('file.json',json_encode($order1));
      $order = json_decode(file_get_content($url), true);

And you should hide this files from web in your .htaccess or by another available method for secure purpose.

answered Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33

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3 Comments

BenBen Over a year ago

array $order1 is a multidimensional array containing objects, is it possible that the objects become arrays after the decode? Because I can't recall $idA = $order1[$Q][0]->id; anymore.

Alexander Shcheglakov Over a year ago

$order = json_decode(file_get_content($url), false); but everything will be an object (last parametr in json_decode goes to false)

Alexander Shcheglakov Over a year ago

Also you can use "serialize" not the json_decode: file_put_contents('file.json', serialize($order1)); $order = unserialize(file_get_content($url));

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