# How to post array value in postButton in cakephp 3?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353 "2018-05-28T09:34:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![sathishcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@sathishcake](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/sathishcake)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353/1 "2018-05-28T09:34:14Z")

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Hai,  
I faced the scenario wand to pass array value in postButton, It is possible, kindly guide me.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jimgwhit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/jimgwhit/32/378_2.png) [@jimgwhit](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/jimgwhit)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353/2 "2018-05-29T02:00:08Z")

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Not a cake example, but will point you in the right direction  
[array in post](https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/for-the-love-of-my-sanity-help-posting-checklist-values-from-a-form)

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**Author:** ![Graziel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Graziel](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Graziel)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353/3 "2018-05-29T02:15:03Z")

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[https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/views/helpers/form.html#creating-post-buttons](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/views/helpers/form.html#creating-post-buttons)

there is `'data'` option in there where you can set what additional data you want to send.

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**Author:** ![jarekgol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@jarekgol](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/jarekgol)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-post-array-value-in-postbutton-in-cakephp-3/4353/4 "2018-05-31T22:08:01Z")

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hidden fields in form also can help