sending php array with POST android

Question

I want to send a php array via POST from android to php server and i have this code

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
StringEntity dades = new StringEntity(data);
httppost.setEntity(dades);

// Execute HTTP Post Request
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();
return resEntity.getContent();

I think that the php array may be can go in StringEntity dades = new StringEntity(data); (data is the php array). Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

You can do something like this :

List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();  
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("colours[]","red"));  
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("colours[]","white"));  
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("colours[]","black"));  
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("colours[]","brown"));  

where colour is your array tag. Just use [] after your array tag and put value. Eg. if your array tag name is colour then use it like colour[] and put value in loop.