passing arrays back and forth php(zend)/ajax

[cali_dotcom]

hi,
i'm trying to figure out how to pass arrays back and forth from php to javascript and back in the zend framework. i need to do this for check boxes in a project and i'm not supposed to use zend_form. my problem is fetching the array back in php.
can anyone help me out

[SirAdrian]

Look into JSON.