Pass an array from a php script to another

Question

I call another script with curl, This script returns (echo()) a value.
The return value could be anything, array, string, etc.
I can do the transfer with json_encode() and json_decode(), But is there any other better way (Without use JSON or $_SESSION['varName'])?

Answer 1

You may use PHP's own serialize function. It's native, can encode simple objects, and is less ambiguous than JSON.

Sample code:

// page.php
echo serialize($data);

And:

// receiver.php
$data = file_get_contents('http://example.com/page.php');
if ($data) $data = unserialize($data);