PHP Checkbox Problem
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I have a form that has about 15 checkboxes that POST the result in a single array. Then I am looping through that array and checking if each checkbox is "on" or "off" but it seems that it only sends a result if it is "on", so I end up with say, an array of 5 "on"s instead of 5 "on"s and 10 "off"s.
Ive read multiple tutorials that say it does send "off" for unchecked boxes but it seems just not to send me a result at all. Someone please help!
Thanks
<input type="hidden" name="check1" value="off" /><input type="checkbox" name="check1" /><input type="hidden" name="check2" value="off" /><input type="checkbox" name="check2" /><input type="hidden" name="check3" value="off" /><input type="checkbox" name="check3" />It's a bit of a kludge but it works.
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No, that doesnt work because when the checkbox is checked, I recieve an OFF and an ON. That WOULD work I suppose, if I wasnt using an array for all the checkbox's name, like I mentioned in my first post.
The contents of the array comes from the value attribute assigned to the checkbox, so you should be able to do something like this:
HTML:
PHP:
Edit: Small fix - the values should start from 0 since strings uses zero-base indexing (alternatively, subtract 1 from the $marked_thing before using it as an index).
Edit 2: I'm sure there was some reason I thought you were using the values to build a string of 0s and 1s, but now I can't find where you said it. Anyway, the basic idea can still be used if you want to do something else with the data.
John B
HTML:
<input type="checkbox" name="stuff[]" value="0" />Item 1<br /><input type="checkbox" name="stuff[]" value="1" />Item 2<br /><input type="checkbox" name="stuff[]" value="2" />Item 3<br /><input type="checkbox" name="stuff[]" value="3" />Item 4<br />...<input type="checkbox" name="stuff[]" value="14" />Item 15<br />PHP:
$things = $_POST['stuff'];$s = str_repeat('0', 15);foreach ($things as $marked_thing) $s[$marked_thing] = '1';Edit: Small fix - the values should start from 0 since strings uses zero-base indexing (alternatively, subtract 1 from the $marked_thing before using it as an index).
Edit 2: I'm sure there was some reason I thought you were using the values to build a string of 0s and 1s, but now I can't find where you said it. Anyway, the basic idea can still be used if you want to do something else with the data.
John B
Ah, I thought you were iterating over them by name or something. It isn't a PHP problem. The html form doesn't send the value for off if the checkbox isn't checked. I've used the previous hack on many occasions but I've never needed to use a form array. Can you redesign and iterate based off of the checkbox name?
Otherwise, you should be able to do some pre-processing on the form data with js before submitting it.
for($i = 0; $i < $total_check_boxes; $i++){ print $_REQUEST["checkbox_$i"];}Otherwise, you should be able to do some pre-processing on the form data with js before submitting it.
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Thanks you guys, I took your advice tstrimp and changed the names to $cbX. I dont set them all to OFF though, I just check if it isset(). Works nicely, thanks!
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