multiple option form

[LanceT]

Basically, my forum script allows users to become buddies with other users. And on the buddy confirm page I want to create a list that has a checkbox next to it. If they check the box, and press a button to add, then those buddies will be added to the mysql database.

 

To give you a comparison, I basically just want it to do what Myspace's buddy confirm page does. Along with the "Select All" box.

 

I'm just not quite sure how to use checkboxes in a form or how to incorporate them into PHP.

 

Any help?

 

Here is a pic to illustrate in case you guys are confused.

 

 

 

 

[trq]

Have you got any code? What part exactly are you stuck on?

[LanceT]

No I haven't got any code yet. What I am stuck on is how to make it so that the form knows to insert all the ones that are checked.

[Jessica]

give each checkbox a name like id_1, id_2 <- those are their id numbers. Then loop through them on the processing.

[LanceT]

I'm understanding it a little better, but is there something I can do to check if the box is checked and then only inserting it if the box is checked?

 

Another thing, I need a button to submit and a button to delete all the checked ones as well, so how do I write that?

[fert]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php

and the button to delete all the check ones is javascript

[The Little Guy]

This is basically the same thing:

http://snippets.tzfiles.com/snippet.php?id=11

 

All you need to do is remove the if/else section, and put your mysql in its place. You will also have to change the html too.