Is this right??

[Wulfgen]

I have a form with a few checkboxes in it - they are all type="checkbox" but each set has its own name/id. The php file works fine but if the user does not select a check box, the return email just leaves the [$nameofcheckbox] area empty..

I would rather have the email reflect that this or that checkbox was not used EG: No (Right now if a user checks the box, the email has the checkbox as Yes, but if not... empty - Rather it say No)

I've tried this:
///Checkbox Setups----------------
$yes = $no = "";
if (isset( $_POST['checkbox']))
{ ${$_POST['checkbox']} = "checked";} else {$yes = "checked";}

it actually works with radio butoons but not with checkboxes - any pointers on how I could accomplish this?

Thanks to all.........

 

[Sleidia]

You should use :

if ($_POST["cb"] == "yes) {

$checked = "checked=\"checked\"";

} else {

$checked = "";

}

...

echo"
<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"cb\" value=\"yes\" " . $checked . ">
";

 

[Wulfgen]

The echo part seems to break what I have - I have no other echo's going on, all its supposed to do is; where in the email format I have the checkbox name: ( $colors ) to be (if checked Yes if unchecked No)

 

[Sleidia]

The input element was just an example in case you wanted to have it checked according to its posted value.

Just use this then :

if ($_POST["your_cb"] == "your_cb_value") { ...; } else { ...; }

 

[Wulfgen]

This is correct yes? -

if ($_POST["checkbox"] == "yes") { Yes; } else { No; }

 

[Sleidia]

If you replace "yes" and "no" by some real PHP code, then yes it is correct

 

[jpadie]

you need to /should profile your checkboxes first using an array such as the following

$output = '';
$checkBoxes = array("apple", "banana", "carrot", "damson");
foreach ($checkBoxes as $checkBox){
 if (isset($_POST[$checkBox])){
  $option .= "checkbox $checkBox was selected<br/>/r/n"; 
 } else {
  $option .= "checkbox $checkBox was not selected<br/>/r/n";
 }
}
echo $output;