Hello.. again!

I'm having some trouble storing an array as a session, and then retrieving it and adding a value using array_push().

PHP Code:

$dealer_cards    = array($dealer_1, $dealer_2);
$player_cards    = array($player_1, $player_2);

$_SESSION['player_cards']    = $player_cards;
$_SESSION['dealer_cards']    = $dealer_cards;

/// ^This part works.

$player_cards = $_SESSION['player_cards']);
$dealer_cards = $_SESSION['dealer_cards']);

$player_new   = $dealer->deal();
$player_cards = array_push($player_cards, $player_new);

/// ^This part doesn't.
/// Anybody... ? 


Thanks in advance to anybody who helps!

Try this:

PHP Code:

session_start(); // added this, not sure it it was started correctly.

$dealer_cards    = array($dealer_1, $dealer_2);
$player_cards    = array($player_1, $player_2);

$_SESSION['player_cards']    = serialize($player_cards);
$_SESSION['dealer_cards']    = serialize($dealer_cards);

/// ^This part works.

$player_cards = unserialize($_SESSION['player_cards']); // there were extra brackets on these. check if your hiding errors.
$dealer_cards = unserialize($_SESSION['dealer_cards']);

$player_new   = $dealer->deal();
$player_cards = array_push($player_cards, $player_new); 


http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php

I added comments to the bits I added/noted.

You could also add base64_encode/decode onto that serialize if you want.