dlebowski Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I have been struggling with this for days now and finally decided I needed to ask for help. I am wanting to submit a value to my database of either "On" or "Off" from the checkbox. I don't understand why regardless of whether the user has the box checked or not, it always submits "On" in this case. Can anyone help me with this? I want the checkbox to submit "Off" if the box is unchecked and "On" if the box is checked. I would also be able to work with this checkbox if it submitted nothing when it was unchecked or "On" if it was checked. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks! <html> <head><script language="JavaScript" src="test.js"></script></head> <form> <tr> <TD width=68 height="29" align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="ud_test" <? if($test == "on"){echo "CHECKED";}?>></td> <td><input value ="DEL" type="Button" onclick="test(ud_test.value)"></td> </form> </html> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 lol... i wish! problem with checkboxes, is that if checked, they transmit on(or whatever you put for value=""), if their not checked, they dont transmit anything. so if checked, post=array(checkbox=>"on"), if not checked, post=array()... so you'd need to set a loop, to unset() all the ones, that arnt checked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlebowski Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 taith, thanks for the quick reply. For some reason, when I click submit with the box unchecked, it still submits "on"! It sounds like it should be submitting a blank. Is that correct? I could deal with that with what I want to do. I can't even get it to submit a blank when it isn't checked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 if you die(print_r($_POST)); you shouldnt see it if its not checked... however... if your storing the information via a session/database, since its not transmitting an off value, its simply not changing it... not that its changing it to on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlebowski Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 I understand. I am going to have to move in a different direction. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 try doing this to see if the checkbox was checked or not <?php $ud_test = isset($_POST['ud_test']) ? 'On' : 'Off' ; ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 only problem is that if your checkboxes are dynamically made... you'd need a loop of sorts... <?php for($i=0; $i<=$_SESSION[highestval]; $i++){ if($_POST['ud_test'.$i]=='on') $ud_test[$i]='on'; else unset($ud_test[$i]); } ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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