unserialize query results not working

[eluser]exodus7[/eluser]
eggshape,

Thanks for the great feedback.

have you tried replacing your implode/explode with serialize/unserialize like you had originally (keep everything else the same)?

I didn't try replacing it with serialize/unserialize yet, but I'll be sure to let you know once I do.

2. with a little work, you can get your model class to automatically get your keys (i.e. q1, q2, q3,...) and values from the $_POST superglobal without having to delineate each key and value.

I was wondering if there was an easier way, but with my limited programming knowledge, I did it the only way I knew how. Can you point me in the right direction like a tutorial or a book?

3. and some minor things: you don’t need to unset $list, $item, $res. Those variables are “local” to the loop, and at the end of each iteration (closing ‘}’), they just get cease (garbage-collected). every time you call a function it adds a little overhead to your script (but this is not so important in this case, but imagine your array was a million lines long...you would have 3 million unnecessary function calls.)

So these local variables get destroyed at the end of the function, how could I declare a variable that can be used anytime? Would that be set in the config file?