Parameter formats in the browser
Last modified: May 20, 2009 - 06:43
The browser provides three formats for use with the complex parameter types struct and array. These formats are JSON, serialized PHP and comma-separated values. Comma-separated values are only applicable to the array parameter type.
Json
See http://json.org/ for all the details.
Object notation:
{"title":"Sample node", "type":"page", "uid":1}This will be unserialized to a object if the parameter type is struct, and a associative array if the parameter type is array.
Array notation:
["mlid","title","href"]This will be unserialized to an array, regardless of the parameter type.
Comma-separated values
Comma separated values should be written like this:
mlid,title,hrefNo escaping of commas or quoting of values is possible. mlid,"go, go!",href would be unserialized to array('mlid','"go',' go!"','href'). If you want more advanced parsing - use JSON.
Serialized PHP
Please don't write serialized php by hand, be nice to yourself and use something like the following:
<?php
$arr = array('mlid','title','href');
print serialize($arr) . "\n\n";
$obj = (object)array(
'title' => 'Sample node',
'type' => 'page',
'uid' => 1,
);
print serialize($obj);
?>This would output the following if run:
a:3:{i:0;s:4:"mlid";i:1;s:5:"title";i:2;s:4:"href";}
O:8:"stdClass":3:{s:5:"title";s:11:"Sample node";s:4:"type";s:4:"page";s:3:"uid";i:1;}Then you can just copy paste into the parameter text field.