simple feedback form with checkboxes

Anon

I am trying to create a simple feedback form with checkboxes. The form will be sent via email. The form is working fine except I can't get the checkboxes to work. There is no end to connect to a database. Can any one help me?

rrijnders

Define "not working" and maybe post some code?

Anon

Ok, What I mean by "not working". If you chose more then one checkbox you only get the last checkbox results in the email. Here's the code I'm using:

<?
$msg = "E-Mail SENT FROM \n";
$msg .= "Name: $name\n";
$msg .= "E-Mail: $email\n";
$msg .= "Message For: $message\n";
$msg .= "Comments: $comments\n\n";

$to = "yourname@domain";
$subject = "Web Site Feedback";
$mailheaders = "From: <> \n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email\n\n";

mail( $to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
?>

$message = the checkboxes

I've been reading that I may need to use an array but, I am not working from a database with this form.
I apologize if I'm not making any sense. I am very new at this.

rrijnders

You will have to expand on:
  "$message = the checkboxes"

You are on the right track when you say you will need to use an array for checkboxes. If you want multiple values returned to your script, you will need to name the checkboxes like so:

<b>
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="myCheckboxes[]" VALUE="item001">Our Great Product!
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="myCheckboxes[]" VALUE="item002">Another Great Product!
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="myCheckboxes[]" VALUE="item025">Yet Another Great Product!
</b>

Not that all the form's checkboxes have the same name with "[]s" at the end. This will cause all of the checked values to be returned to your script in an array with the name "$myCheckboxes".

You then need to access those values through a loop:

<b>
$valueArray = $HTTP_POST_VARS[$myCheckboxes];
$loopCount = sizeof($valueArray);
$idx = 0;
while ($idx < $loopCount):
  // do something with $valueArray[$idx]
  $idx++;
endwhile;
</b>

HTH
-- Rich Rijnders
-- Irvine, CA US