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I am having trouble with an array. Don't know to much about them. I have a form on create.php where they can choose multiple items for there trade. On the create.pro.php is where I want it to put all the checked items from create.php together separated by commas into my database. (That way I can explode them later to get them separately - correct?) create.php $stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT id, owner, item_id, uses_left FROM useritems WHERE owner = ? ORDER BY item_id"); $stmt->bind_param('s', $userid); $stmt->execute(); $stmt->store_result(); $countitems = $stmt->num_rows; $stmt->bind_result($id, $owner, $item_id, $uses_left); ECHO <<<END <center> <p><a href="index.php">Home</a> | <a href="index.php?type=me">My Trades</a> | <a href="create.php">Create Trade</a> | <a href="offers.php\">My Offers</a> | <a href="search.php">Search</a></p> <b>Note:</b> Spirits can not be traded therefore will not be shown in the items below. <form action="create.pro.php" method="post"> <center><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800"> END; while ($stmt->fetch()){ $stmt2 = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT name, type, value, rarity, image, description, retired FROM items WHERE itemid = ? AND type != 'spirit' AND magic_num = ?"); $stmt2->bind_param('si', $item_id, $uses_left); $stmt2->execute(); $stmt2->store_result(); $stmt2->bind_result($name, $type, $value, $rarity, $image, $description, $retired); $stmt2->fetch(); $stmt2->close(); $y = $x % 5; if ($y == 0) { echo "<tr>"; } if (!empty($name)){ echo " <td> <img src=\"$baseurl/images/items/$image\"><br> <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"use_item\" value=\"$itemid\"> <b>$name</b><br> </td> "; } if ($y == 4) { echo "</tr>"; } $x++; } $stmt->close(); echo "</table> <p align=\"center\">Include sP: <input type=\"text\" name=\"include_amount\" size=\"20\"></p> <p align=\"center\">Wishlist: <input type=\"text\" name=\"wishlist\" size=\"40\"></p> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" class=\"mybutton\" value=\"Create Trade\"></center> </form> </center>"; create.pro.php (where the form leads to - this is the page I need help with) $array = array($_POST['use_item']); $items = implode(", ", $array); $include_amount = $_POST['include_amount']; $wishlist = $_POST['wishlist']; $stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO trades (items, sPoints, wishlist, owner) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)"); $stmt->bind_param('siss', $items, $include_amount, $wishlist, $userid); $stmt->execute(); $stmt->store_result(); $stmt->fetch(); $stmt->close(); die(header("Location: index.php?note=Trade+created.")); Thanks for any help!

I have used this command before and cannot remember the name or how to deploy it.. sorta like implode but different.. what it does is take an associative array and makes individual variables out of the array like this. $str = arrray("dog->catkiller", "house->placetolive:) and when applied results in the following. $dog = "catkiller"; $house = "placetolive"; Can anyone help me with this.. I need the command name and a sample of its use..