Add data into multi-dimentional array with javascript

Question

[File 
    { size=295816, type="image/jpeg", name="img_new3.JPG"}, 
 File { size=43457, type="image/jpeg", name="nature.jpg"}
]

this is the data that i received from the script now i have to send only size and the name of the file with to the php file through ajax.
here is my code

            var files = []; 
            files["file"] = [];

            // file is an object that has the above result
            for( var i=0, j=file.length; i<j; i++ ){
                console.log( file[i].name );
                files["file"][i] = file[i].name;
                files["file"][i] = file[i].size;
            }

            // Send Request to Create ZIP File
            console.log(files)

i want to access the params for my PHP file:

file(
    name=>array(
          0=>"name", 
          1=>"size"
    ), 
    size=>array(...)
)

how do i make an array that send the data to PHP file like the above?

Answer 1

First of all you have to use the Object notation, not Array , and then you can pass it to your PHP function via Ajax .

var files = {};
files["file"] = [];

// file is an object that has the above result
for (var i = 0, j = file.length; i < j; i++ ){
    console.log(file[i].name);
    files["file"][i] = file[i].name;
}

And then use that array with JSON.stringify to pass data to your PHP script like this:

$.ajax({
    url: "your url",
    type: "POST", //can be get also, depends on request
    cache: false, //do you want it to be cached or not?
    data: {files: JSON.stringify(files)},
    success: function(data) {
        //do something with returned data
    }
});

Anyway I suggest you changing the way you store your data. Objects are very useful in this case:

var files = [];

// file is an object that has the above result
for (var i = 0, j = file.length; i < j; i++ ){
    console.log(file[i].name);
    files.push({
        name: file[i].name //you can add all the keys you want
    });
}

Answer 2

您已经准备好js数组，因此只需使用jQuery post方法将创建的数组发送到php文件，然后该php文件将以您希望的方式处理该数组。

Answer 3

Your multidimensional array can be JSON encoded and sent as a string via ajax to the PHP script, which can decode the JSON back to an array/object:

// assuming the array is in files var
$.ajax({
    url : 'page.php',
    type : 'POST',
    data : { myFiles : JSON.stringify(files) },
    success : function(response){
        console.log("successfull");
    }
});

On the PHP side:

if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
{
    $filesArray = json_decode($_POST['myFiles']);
    print_r($filesArray);
}