[SOLVED] checking my checkbox

[runnerjp]

$check = '';

if($forumlock==1) {

$check = "CHECKED";

}

 

<input type='checkbox' name='forumlock' $check />

 

but it does not check if checked :S

[paulman888888]

Explain more please and put your code in

 tags.
You seem to be buliding your own forum system but why can't you use already made ones.

[blueman378]

you are not getting it from the form,

 

is your form using post or get?

anway you will need this:

 

$check = '';
$forumlock = $_GET['forumlock']; // use this line if it is get
$forumlock = $_POST['forumlock']; // use this line if it is post
   if($forumlock==1) {
      $check = "CHECKED";
   }

<input type='checkbox' name='forumlock' />

 

i believe thats what you are after,

 

oh and to answer paulman8888888's question about the forum, building a forum is a good exercise to get better at your php skills as it involves alot of different techniques, i know i did it myself purly because i could.

 

[runnerjp]

hey blueman... ur correct i want it to

 

A. be able to teach my php more as im still poor lol and its helping alot

and

B. make the froum how I want it

 

 

ok what you said above wont work as it needs to collect the value from my db...

 

<?php
$forumlock=0;// default value if it's not set
if (isset($_POST['edit'])) {
if(isset($_POST['forumlock'])){
	$forumlock=1;
}else{
	$forumlock=0;
}
$title = $_POST['title'];
$query = "UPDATE forumtutorial_posts SET forumlock = '$forumlock', title = '$title' WHERE postid='$getthreads3[postid]' ";
mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed');
echo "Your title is ". $title . "<br />";
}else{
$check = '';
if($forumlock==1) {
	$check = "CHECKED";
}

?>

<h4> </h4>
<form name='input' action='index.php?page=forum&forum=<?php echo $forum ?>' method='post'>

Title:
  <input class='input' name='title' type='text' value='<?php echo $getthreads3[title];?>' />
  <br/>
  <input type='checkbox' name='forumlock' $check> Lock a Room<br/>
<input type='submit' name='edit' value='edit'/>
</form>
    
  <?
}
?>

[thebadbad]

The correct (X)HTML is

 

checked="checked"

 

and not "CHECKED".

[runnerjp]

this still shows by checkbox unchecked even if it checked

[thebadbad]

Learn to do some error checking. Echo the variables concerned, and see if they contain what you expect.

[thebadbad]

And remember single or double quotes around strings. You forgot that in your query and further down: $getthreads3[postid] should be $getthreads3['postid']. And of course, the single quotes will break your syntax if you're not rearranging things a bit (in the query).

[runnerjp]

and i also forgot the main thing on why it was not working  = <? echo  $check ?>