Not Really A Big Issue...But a pain in the back side!

[glenelkins]

Hi

I was wondering, is there an easier way...or should I say quicker rather than easier, way, to have a bunch of checkboxes to be checked when I take a 1 or 0 from the database... at the moment im painstakingly doing the following:

[code]
...bla bla got all the vars and data from the database.....

<?
  if ($random_variable1 == 1) {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="boring" checked>
      <?
  } else {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="boring">
      <?
  }

  if ($random_variable2 == 1) {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="gettingstupidnow" checked>
      <?
  } else {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="gettinstupidnow">
      <?
  }
?>
[/code]

Generating this in PHP in a loop sounds like a brilliant idea doesnt it...well its not in this case its not fiesable for this project...and I have about 50 of these.....PLEASE SOMEONE EASE MY SUFFERING!

[xsist10]

Firstly you can reduce this:

[code]
if ($random_variable1 == 1) {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="boring" checked>
      <?
  } else {
      ?>
      <input type="checkbox" name="boring">
      <?
  }
[/code]

to

[code]
<input type="checkbox" name="boring" <?php ($random_variable ? echo "checked" : ""); ?>>
[/code]

[glenelkins]

Ok that code makes absolutely no sense what so ever, can you please explain what you have done there?

[chris9902]

what he posted was shorthand for the IF ELSE statment.

<?php ($var ? TRUE : FALSE); ?>

what this is saying is

what is $var TRUE or FALSE. if TRUE do the first thing else or do the second thing.



so  <?php ($random_variable1 ? echo "checked" : ""); ?>    means,

if $random_variable1 is TRUE echo "checked" else do nothing.



or another way to think of it is how it looks.

$random_variable1 ?

so you're asking what is $random_variable1, TRUE or FALSE.

if it's TRUE do the first thing or (or is represented with a [b]:[/b] ) do the other thing.