How to post array to a php server in android?

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I am using DataOutputStream class to send my data as post data to a php server

DataOutputStream dataOutputStreamRegister = new DataOutputStream(connectionToRegister.getOutputStream());
dataOutputStreamRegister.writeBytes("txtUserID="+userName+"&txtPassword="+userPassword+"&ddlCountry="+countryId
                    +"&ddlUniversity="+universityId+"&ddlCourseYear="+courseYearId+"&txtEmail="+userEmail+"&txtInitial="+userInitials
                    +"&txtFname="+userFirstName+"&txtLname="+userLastName+"&txtDob="+userBirthMonth+"/"+userBirthDay+"/"+userBirthYear
                    +"&ddlLevel="+levelId+"&txtSkills="+studentSkills+"&ddlGender="+genderId+"&ddlFraternity="+fraternityId+"&ddlSorority="
                    +sororityId+"&ddlClubs="+paramsText);

The last parameter "ddlClubs" i want to send should be like an array.The code in the php server is as follows

foreach($_POST["ddlClubs"] as $key=>$val){
 ....
}

How should i go about doing this as many techniques i saw included deprecated classes like "defaultHttpClient" and "NameValuePairs"

Thanks everyone for your time.

@PrerakSola Thanks for your reply.Can i not do this without using any library? — Debojyoti, Jul 29 '16 at 08:08
Just format your url accordingly: ``...&ddlClubs[0]=value0&ddlClubs[1]=value1`` and so on. — f1sh, Jul 29 '16 at 08:08
@f1sh yes have worked.Please write this as an answer so that i may accept it and other users can check with this simple answer instead of the more complicated ones on stackoverflow — Debojyoti, Jul 29 '16 at 08:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Just format your url accordingly:

...&ddlClubs[0]=value0&ddlClubs[1]=value1

This also works with associative arrays, such as:

&ddlClubs[name0]=value0&ddlClubs[name1]=value1

Unfortunately this has its limits as a url has a maximum length, meaning you cannot put a very huge array into the url.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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