array_push overwritting array data

Asked Sep 14 '16 at 18:02

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Okay so I am attempting to make a little sticky note type program

    $c = $_GET['post'];
    $x = $_GET['submit'];
    $a = array();
    if(isset($x)){
    array_push($a , $c);
    var_dump($a);

however every time I submit the form it replaces the data in the array so instead of ($y,$y,$y) I get ($y) sorry if I didnt explain that well. php noob you caught me!

edited Sep 14 '16 at 18:04

Jite

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asked Sep 14 '16 at 18:02

Georgie Santiago

You better show some code, so we can guide you into figuring out what is wrong. – Jite Sep 14 '16 at 18:03
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that's exactly how PHP is SUPPOSED to work. just because you created a var and put something it on request #1, doesn't mean that var will be there for requests #2,3,etc... every run of a php script is completely independent of every other run. – Marc B Sep 14 '16 at 18:05
new to this site as well didn't understand the formatting instructions at first :D – Georgie Santiago Sep 14 '16 at 18:06
So then how do I go about adding new post to the end of the array? – Georgie Santiago Sep 14 '16 at 18:06
@Georgie - You need to persist the data from the array somewhere: database, file, caching system like redis, whereever – Mark Baker Sep 14 '16 at 18:32
There is another way which is to store the data in a form hidden field. – Dominique Lorre Sep 14 '16 at 19:06
@Mark Baker - Thank you! I was so intent on doing it without the database but it seems like that's pointless. I appreciate your advice – Georgie Santiago Sep 14 '16 at 20:45

array_push overwritting array data

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