databases

[deathcaster]

Does anyone know how to get info out of checkboxes using php. Any answers are welcome

Thnx in advance!

 

[ingernet]

Any way you could post the code for the checkboxes, as well as what you'd like to do with the ones that are checked, database-wise?

 

[sleipnir214]

deathcaster:
Checkboxes work a lot like any other HTML form field -- each takes a name (using the name= attribute) and a value (using the value= attribute).

The difference between checkboxes and other form fields is that if a checkbox is not checked, it will not return a value.

ingernet:
Two things:

It's considered impolite to piggyback on another user's question.

Insufficient data for a meaningful answer. "database-wise" is nowhere near enough information about your project to even begin to advise you. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[skiflyer]

And don't forget you can have multiple check boxes with the same name, in which case they become an array, and you can extract the data that way... personally I find this very useful.

-Rob

 

[rycamor]

Also to deathcaster: try to make the title of your threads more specific. 'Databases' could mean anything. Better to title it 'Storing checkbox data in a database'. Interestingly enough, that's almost exactly the title of this PHPBuilder article:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/laflamme20001016.php3

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[Bastien]

one easy way to see what the value is for a checkbox is pass the values using the GET method...you end up with the 'elementname=on' or 'elementname= '

generally what i do then is convert the value to 1 for on and 0 for uncheck or off...then store the value 1 ro 0 in the db as a tinyint...

hth Bastien

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but it still tastes like chicken

 

[ingernet]

sleipnir214, i wasn't piggybacking. i was asking for more data so that i could help deathcaster. there's a good chance that i have code that would be useful, but i need to know what deathcaster wants to do, which is why i asked such an open-ended question. sorry if that wasn't clear.

 

[sleipnir214]

ingernet:
I have found that directing my comments can disambiguate them. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!