retrieving checkbox value within php

[jerald717]

Hi,

 

so i have a problem. I'm using a script to enable and disable checkboxes, and i'm id-ing them fetching values from a database:

 

while($data = mysqli_fetch_array($sql))

{

  if ($count % 5 == 0) {

    echo '</tr><tr>';

    $count = 0;

  }

  echo '<td><input name="subject_level[]" class="subject_a" disabled="disabled" type="checkbox" id="subject_level_'.$data['subject_level_id'].'" value="'.$data['subject_level_id'].'"/>';

  echo '<label for="subject_level_'.$data['subject_level_id'].'" class="subject_1">'.$data['subject_name'].'</label></td>';

  $count++; //Increment the count

}

 

The names of the checkboxes come out fine, just that, is there any way to retrieve the values of the checkboxes into an array of some sort so that i could build a search query later?

 

if($_POST(subject_level)) or if($_POST(subject_level[]))  doesn't return true. does it make sense? im new to php so please forgive my ignorance. Help appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Pikachu2000]

$_POST['subject_level'], not $_POST(subject_level)

[jerald717]

I actually meant $_POST['subject_level'] , apologies. That isn't working either.

is there an issue accessing the checkbox values because of the echo?

 

[Pikachu2000]

Just noticed the disabled="disabled" attribute in there. With that attribute set, the value isn't sent in the $_POST array at all.

[jerald717]

I see. Yea I'm using a javascript to enable or disable the checkbox. Won't the value be changed through js? The reason I'm using javascript to do that is because I want to enable/disable a group of checkboxes using one checkbox. I'll see if I can post that script up after lunch. It could help if anyone could refer me to a thread or tutorial that does this? Will need to use the Id values of the checkbox to build search queries.

[Pikachu2000]

When it comes to js, I'm pretty much useless. Sorry.

[jerald717]

Alright, thanks man.

 

for anyone else who could help, the js script i'm using to enable/disable my checkboxes is put below. I have set the default for the checkboxes as disabled, but somehow the js doesnt seem to be enabling them. Alternatively, if anyone could refer me to a tutorial/thread which has got to do with a similar problem, let me know thanks!

 

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {

 

//Level_1 and subject_a

$('label.subject_1').toggleClass('inactive');

$('#level_1').click(function() {

$('label.subject_1').toggleClass('active');

            $('.subject_a').each(function() {

               

                $(this).attr('disabled', !$(this).attr('disabled'));

                $(this).attr('checked', false);

            })

           

        });// end click()

</script>