[SOLVED] form-> php : Trouble getting checkbox results

[DannyDD]

Hi,

I'm hacking together a form/php combination which emails the completed form. The only issue I'm having are with checkboxes..

form.html

               <table width="342" border="0">
                  <tr>
                    <td width="99">Name</td>
                    <td width="227"><input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="" size="25" /></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>Address</td>
                    <td><input name="address" type="text" id="address" value="" size="25" /></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>Phone number</td>
                    <td><input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" value="" size="25" /></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>email address</td>
                    <td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" value="" size="25" /></td>
                  </tr>
                </table>


<table width="611" border="1">
              <tr>
                    <td width="234">Geothermal heat pumps
                    <input type="checkbox" name="geo" id="geo" /></td>
                    <td width="177">Air to water heat pumps
                    <input type="checkbox" name="airtowater" id="airtowater" /></td>
                    <td width="178">Wood pellet
                      <input type="checkbox" name="wood" id="wood" /></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>Rainwater harvesting
                      <input type="checkbox" name="rain" id="rain" /></td>
                    <td>Potable water
                      <input type="checkbox" name="potable" id="potable" /></td>
                    <td>Solar
                    <input type="checkbox" name="solar" id="solar" /></td>
                </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td>Heat recovery ventilation systems
                      <input type="checkbox" name="heat" id="heat" /></td>
                    <td> </td>
                    <td> </td>
                  </tr>
              </table>
... submit...

 

 

When the user completes form.html it gets sent to form.php for processing. I can email all the variables passed from the form except for the checkboxes. How do I check to see if the checkboxes have been ticked and then include this in my email?Thanks in advance.

 

form.php

echo "We will be in contact with you shortly.<br>";

$to = "asdasd@asdasd.com";
$subject = "form submitted.";
$message = <<<EOF
$_POST[name] submitted an domestic heating design service form.

Name:		$_POST[name]
Address:		$_POST[address]
Phone:		$_POST[phone]
Email:		$_POST[email]
EOF;
mail ($to, $subject, $message);
?>

[chigley]

Not 100% sure how their values are set. Test it by putting this in your form.php:

 

<?php echo "<pre>".print_r($_POST,true)."</pre>";

 

And comparing the values of the checkboxes.

[DannyDD]

Not 100% sure how their values are set. Test it by putting this in your form.php:

 

<?php echo "<pre>".print_r($_POST,true)."</pre>";

 

And comparing the values of the checkboxes.

Thanks for the reply.

 

The checkbox boolean values are passed when the user clicks the submit form. So what I need to do is setup variables for the $_POST variables as follows:

 

$geo = $_POST['geo'];

$rain = $_POST['rain'];

$heat = $_POST['heat'];

$airtowater = $_POST['airtowater'];

$potable = $_POST['potable'];

$wood = $_POST['wood'];

$solar = $_POST['solar'];

 

I guess I then need to see if each variable is true or false and include these answers in the email. Any ideas?

 

[chigley]

Yes so add the line I said above and submit the form with test values to see what the returns of checkboxes are.

[paul2463]

yes if you put what chigley asked you to at the top of your form.php and run the form.html as a test checking a couple of the check boxes etc. what the print_r() function will do is to tell you exactly what is past in the $_POST array. so check geo and rain then submit it and see what the array says on the form.php.

[DannyDD]

Thanks for the replies. I think it is solved.

form.php

$geo = $_POST['geo'];

echo "We will be in contact with you shortly.<br>";

$to = "asd@asd.com";
$subject = "form submitted.";
$message = <<<EOF

Name:		$_POST[name]
Address:		$_POST[address]
Phone:		$_POST[phone]
Email:		$_POST[email]
geo tickbox: $geo

EOF;
mail ($to, $subject, $message);

 

The above passes emails the value of $geo which is either true or false. If it is true ON is printed, if false nothing is printed.Thanks a lot for your prompt assistance.