Validate Checkbox Help Please

[magnolia]

I have added a checkbox:

 

<div class='container'>

<label for='terms_and_conditions' >I have read and agree to the Terms & Conditions.*</label>

<input type='checkbox' id='Terms and Conditions' name='terms_and_conditions' value='Yes'>

<span id='contactus_terms_and_conditions_errorloc' class='error'></span>

<br/>

</div>

 

I have validations at the bottom of the same page like so:

 

frmvalidator.addValidation("terms_and_conditions","shouldselchk=yes","Please agree to the Terms and Conditions.");

 

My server is ignoring all of validations like the one above, but is responding to all the validations in this file except for the checkbox: include/fgcontactform.php

 

//terms and conditions validations

if(isset($_POST['terms_and_conditions']))

{

$this->add_error("Please agree to the Terms and Conditions");

$ret = false;

}

 

 

Can anyone please help? I have been searching for a week. I got the form from html-form-guide.com

Edited November 30, 2012 by magnolia

[DavidAM]

Checkboxes are not POSTed unless they are checked. So the "terms_and_conditions" element will not be in the POST array unless the user checked the box. You need to change the IF statement to

 

if (! isset($_POST['terms_and_conditions']))

[magnolia]

Woohoo! So far so good. "not POSTed" means ! Now I know. Thank you so very much DavidAM. Hey you don't have a $ or ! in front of your name.

 

My server is tricky. When I first upload things they work, then things change and this is one of those things.

 

Thank you for the help.

[DavidAM]

Glad I could help. Welcome to the world of programming. Where the only thing that is constant, is change.

 

If that solves your problem, go ahead and click the "Mark Solved" button at the top of the page.

 

Hmm, if I put a "!" in front of my name, I wouldn't know who I am. !DavidAM