[PHP] passing arrays through URLS

I need to pass a array through a url. Currently I'm assigning the array to the url like so http://localhost/dir/page.php?checkbox_array=$checkbox_array but when I want to sort through the array on the recieved page it is not possible because the array seems to have been replaced with the string

[PHP] passing arrays through URLS

I need to pass a array through a url. Currently I'm assigning the array to the url like so http://localhost/dir/page.php?checkbox_array=$checkbox_array but when I want to sort through the array on the recieved page it is not possible because the array seems to have been replaced with the string