KittyR Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Hi, I've been banging my head trying to figure this out... I would appreciate any help. I'm working on a form that has questions with multiple-answer checkboxes. I have tried this: Form html Inquiry A: <br /> <input name="inquiry_a" type="checkbox" value="answer_1"></input> Answer 1 <br /> <input name="inquiry_a" type="checkbox" value="answer_2"></input> Answer 2 <br /> [and so on] corresponding php file code if ($inquiry_a == "answer_1") { $inq1 = "Answer 1 \r"; } if ($inquiry_a == "answer_b") { $inq2 = "Answer 2 \r"; } [and so on] $inq = $inq1 . $inq2 . [and so on]; Then I ask it to return $inq to me in an email, expecting that I will see all checked answers with no blank lines. However, no matter what is checked, only the last answer in the list is returned. But have this same code structure in another form on the same web host and it works fine. What am I missing? I'm sorry, I'm not sure at the moment what version of php I have installed, but if that makes a big difference I will try to find out. thanks, Kitty Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcoweb Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You have to create an array regarding the answers/boxes checked. Like this: <input name="inquiry_a[]" type="checkbox" value="answer_1"></input> Answer 1 <br /> <input name="inquiry_a[]" type="checkbox" value="answer_2"></input> Answer 2 <br /> With the brackets. That establishes the array called 'inquiry_a' for which you can then manipulate each response. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyR Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Hi and thanks for your response. Could you please tell me what I need to change in the PHP code to go along with this, or direct me to the proper tutorial section? Because now I get nothing returned no matter what boxes are checked. thanks again, Kitty Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyR Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 UPDATE: I tried this: HTML... Inquiry A: <br /> <input name="inquiry_a[]" type="checkbox" value="answer_1"></input> Answer 1 <br /> <input name="inquiry_a[]" type="checkbox" value="answer_2"></input> Answer 2 <br /> [and so on] php... $response1 = $_POST['inquiry_a']; then asked it for... Inquiry A: \r $response1 \n All I get back is: Inquiry A Array ??? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisNz Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 It says 'Array' because thats what it is - a variable that can hold a set of values, if you want to see its values you can use print_r() to give you a rough dump of whats in an array or use a loop to go through each value stored in the array. If its multi choice you might be better of with radio buttons so that only one answer can be provided. Heres some basic code you can play around with if you like, try changing type="radio" to type="checkbox" and you'll see that the code still works. <html><body> <?php //print_r($_POST['answer']); - this gives you a basic dump of what is in the array //loop through each provided answer if(isset($_POST['answer']) and !empty($_POST['answer'])) { foreach($_POST['answer'] as $an_answer) { echo "The answer You chose was ".$an_answer."<br/>"; } } ?> <form method="post" action=""> 1<input type="radio" name="answer[]" value="1" /><br/> 2<input type="radio" name="answer[]" value="2" /><br/> 3<input type="radio" name="answer[]" value="3" /><br/> 4<input type="radio" name="answer[]" value="4" /><br/> <input type="submit"/> </form> </body></html> Some reference http://au.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php http://au.php.net/manual/en/language.control-structures.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyR Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Well, I'm very close.... Yes, I would prefer radio boxes but it does have to be checkboxes because the user might have more than one selection for the question. All selections are echoing onto the screen after I click the Submit button, but the email which comes to me only shows the last box checked. [sigh] I'll keep banging my head against it unless someone has an idea of what to try next. thanks! Kitty Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyR Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Got it! I just need to gather the checkbox values into a variable, and I didn't know I needed the dot: foreach($_POST['answer'] as $answer_var) { $answer_var .= "$ans1"; } Then I ask for $ans1 /n to be emailed to me, and they're all listed. Thanks for your help. Kitty Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36788-returning-multiple-checkbox-results/#findComment-175888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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