PHP Problem displaying unserialized data from cookie

[MrL8Knight]

Hello,
I am trying to build a simple php form based shopping cart using a cookie with arrays. I need to use 1 cookie because each order will have over 20 items. With that said, I realize I need to serialize the data to put the array into the cookie. That part of my code is working just fine and displaying fine. The problem I’m having is when I try to unserialize and display; the data does not appear. If I remove my unserialize command line (see page 3) the data displays just fine with the serialization added to it.

So basically I need help unserializing and displaying the data so I can display it in my shopping cart nice and clean.

Here is page 1(index2.php) which is a form that asks for opening name, width and height.

<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE['count'])) {
$count = $_COOKIE['count'] + 1;
} else {
$count = 1;
}
setcookie('count', $count, time()+3600);
setcookie("Cart[$count]", $item, time()+3600);
echo "$count";

echo "<form action='add.php?id=$count' method='post'>
<input name='name' type='hidden' value='$count'>
Opening name<br>
<input name='name' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p><b> Width<br>
<input name='w' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p><b> Height<br>
<input name='h' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p>
<input type='image' src='../images/Start-Order.gif' name='submit' alt='Start Order'>
<br>
</p>
</form>";
?>



The second page(add.php) receives the data, creates a serialized array and adds it to the cookie just fine.


<?php
$count= $_GET['id'];
$name= $_POST['name'];
$w= $_POST['w'];
$h= $_POST['h'];

$serialized_data = serialize (array ($count, $name, $w, $h));

setcookie("mycookie[$count]", $serialized_data, time()+13600);

echo "Opening was Added<br><br>";
echo "$count";
echo "<br><br>";
echo "$name";
echo "$w";
echo "$h";
echo "<br><br>";

echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add another opening!</a><br>";
echo "<a href='show.php'>Show!</a><br>";

?>

Where the problem is when you click show (show.php) you see the serialized data.

I am trying to restore the data with an unserialize (see below line 8), but when I add that line of code, my data disappears instead of being stripped of the serialization. When I remove line 8, the data displays serialized.

So something is wrong, I guess with my unserialize method.

<?php

if($_COOKIE["mycookie"]) {

foreach( $_COOKIE[mycookie] as $key => $value)
{

$value2 = unserialize ($value);

echo "Number $key : Description $value2";

}
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";

}
else {
print "No Items in your cart<br><br>";
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";
}

?>



I have tried all weekend long and could use some help! Thanks
-Mr L8Knight

[Banfa]

You have not provide sample input and output data (particularly value and value2 from page 3) which complicates the matter of diagnosing the problem.

However I can't help noticing that page 2 you serialize an array but on page 3 having unserialized $value2 you do not treat it like an array at all.

[MrL8Knight]

Thank you for your response!

This is the code I am using for page 3. It is working just fine, but is displaying the data serialized.

<?php

echo "<br><br>";

if($_COOKIE["mycookie"]) {


foreach( $_COOKIE[mycookie] as $key => $value)
{

echo "Number $key : Description $value<br>";


}
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";

}
else {
print "No Items in your cart<br><br>";
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";
}


?>


Here is what the data looks when outputted:

Number 1 : Description a:4:{i:0;s:1:\"1\";i:1;s:6:\"tester\";i:2;s:2:\"12 \";i:3;s:2:\"12\";}
Number 2 : Description a:4:{i:0;s:1:\"2\";i:1;s:7:\"tester2\";i:2;s:2:\"4 8\";i:3;s:2:\"48\";}
Add Opening


Maybey it would be easier to show me how I would go about unserializing the data from the code above in this post.

I have tried everything I could find on the net and still no luck, I'm sure this is something really simple to a pro!

Thanks!!!

[MrL8Knight]

:D
Ok I finally figured this one out, first thank you to all that have helped me with this problem; I can’t express how much it is appreciated.

Here are the 3 working pages, hope someone else finds this simple, PHP form based shopping cart usefull!

Page 1 (index2.php)(the Form, which starts a cookie to keep an incremental count (Key) for each opening)

<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE['count'])) {
$count = $_COOKIE['count'] + 1;
} else {
$count = 1;
}
setcookie('count', $count, time()+13600);
echo "$count";

echo "<form action='add.php?id=$count' method='post'>
<input name='name' type='hidden' value='$count'>
Opening name<br>
<input name='name' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p><b> Width<br>
<input name='w' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p><b> Height<br>
<input name='h' type='text' size='30'>
</b></p>
<p>
<input type='image' src='../images/Start-Order.gif' name='submit' alt='Start Order'>
<br>
</p>
</form>";
?>


Page 2 (add.php)(the script to get and serialize data typed in the form and add it to the cookie)


<?php
$count= $_GET['id'];
$name= $_POST['name'];
$w= $_POST['w'];
$h= $_POST['h'];

$serialized_data = serialize (array ($count,$name,$w,$h));

setcookie("mycookie[$count]", $serialized_data, time()+13600);

echo "Opening was Added<br><br>";
echo "$count";
echo "<br><br>";
echo "$name";
echo "$w";
echo "$h";
echo "<br><br>";

echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add another opening!</a><br>";
echo "<a href='show.php'>Show Cart!</a><br>";

?>


Page 3 (show.php)(the show cart page that checks to see if items are in the cart (or cookie) and if so, shows the unserialized data)

<?php

if($_COOKIE["mycookie"]) {

foreach( $_COOKIE[mycookie] as $key => $value)
{

$value2 = unserialize(stripslashes($value));
echo "<br>";
print_r($value2[0]);
print_r($value2[1]);
print_r($value2[2]);
print_r($value2[3]);

}
echo "<br><br>";
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";

}
else {
print "No Items in your cart<br><br>";
echo "<a href='index2.php'>Add Opening</a><br><br>";
}

?>

Thanks again everyone… Cheers!

-MrL8Knight

[henryrao]

Thank you , MrL8Knight !

your posts save me much time !!! :D