CheckBox Value

Oasmat1983 · Jul 2, 2008

I have a question would there be Php script I can use that can change a Value of a checkbox automatically every 7 Days so I won't have to do it manually?

If someone can help me with it I really do appreciate it.

Thank you,

jpadie · Jul 2, 2008

such a thing would be very easy to do, yes. i doubt whether there are any pre-written scripts though.

something like this might work if all you want is an incrementing value.

Code:

<?php
/**
 * function to return and update dynamic checkBoxValue
 * @return html checkbox string
 */
function getCheckBox(){
	$file = 'checkboxValue.txt';
	if (file_exists($file)){
		$contents = file($file);
		//we're only interested in the first line
		list($date, $value) = explode ('~~', $contents[0]);
		if ( strtotime('-1 week') > $date){	//check if value more than a week old
			 $value++; 	//increment value
			 file_put_contents($file, time() . '~~' . $value);
		}
	} else {
		$value = 0;	//start the ball rolling
		file_put_contents($file, time() . '~~' . $value);
	}
	
	return <<<HTML
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbBoxName" value="$value" /> $value
HTML;
}
?>

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CheckBox Value

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