How do you send and recieve multidimensional byte arrays from a client to a server?

[Charl Duplessis]

Hi guys...

I've posted this question on dreamincode.net but I think I'll find more help here.

Heres the original post if anyone wants to see it.
dreamincode.net post

I'm really just trying to find an extremely simple way to send 3 strings from my client to my server.

Whatever the server does with those strings afterwards is irrelavent...

If you need to know: The server will be using the 3 strings to register a user on a mysql db.

Anyway.. yeah.. my question is:
How do you send and recieve multidimensional byte arrays from a client to a server?

[GaryTexmo]

Someone else might be a better choice to answer this since networking is not my strong suit at all! That said, I can try to offer an idea...

You're in control of what you send and receive over the network, so you can send yourself codes to drive a state machine. Something like...

* Receiver waiting for data
* Data received , value of 100. Client interprets this as an array of strings incoming.
* Next value received, number of string arrays coming
* Next value, number of characters coming for that string
* Next n values, characters in that string
* Repeat last two until you have the required strings
* Package data and send to appropriate place
* Reset state back to awaiting command code

Knowing next to nothing about networking, that's probably how I would approach it. It may not be the best solution ;)