Array in hidden input field doesn't show on post

Question

I want to add filenames that are uploaded to an array in a hidden input field in form. This is what I have in my form:

<input type="hidden" name="myFiles[]" id="myFiles" value="">

This is my fileupload:

$('#fileupload').fileupload({
    dataType: 'json',
    add: function (e, data) {
        $("#submitentity").on('click', function () {
            data.submit();
        });
    },
    done: function (e, data) {
        var filename = data.files[0]['name'];
        var type = data.files[0]['type'];

        var row = [];
        row["name"] = filename;
        row["type"] = type;
        myList[i] = row;

        i++;

        e.preventDefault();
    },
    stop: function(e){
        $("#myFiles").val(myList);
        console.log(myList);
        submitForm();
    }

});
function submitForm(){
    $('#form-Entity')[0].submit();
}

As you can see I have console.log(myList) what shows:

[Array[0], Array[0]]
  0: Array[0]
    length: 0
    name: "Hollowbody 4.gif"
    type: "image/gif"
  1: Array[0]
    length: 0
    name: "Hollowbody 5.gif"
    type: "image/gif"

Then I submit the form. But in my backend I get

array (size=1)
   0 => string '' (length=0)

When I want to check the myFiles...

What am I doing wrong?

UPDATE:

if ($request->getMethod() == 'POST')
    {
        $form->bind($request);

        $data = $form->getData();

        if($form->isValid())
        {
            $data = $form->getData();

            var_dump($request->request->get('myFiles'));
            die();

Are you actually putting an array into the hidden form field? As that won't work ... You'd be better off just doing something like a comma seperated list into it. — David, Jan 04 '14 at 22:30
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4237090/how-to-pass-array-through-hidden-field — Sibiraj PR, Jan 05 '14 at 09:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '14 at 11:09

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I created a comma seperated list as David suggested. Just did it like this:

myList += filename;
myList += ',';
myList += type;
myList += ',';

answered Jan 07 '14 at 11:09

nielsv

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