Keeping a ticked box ticked

[Anon]

Hi,

Does anyone know of a way to preserve a checked checkbox when a script calls itself but then detects an error with some other inputted value - for text fields I'd use something like this:

<input name='text_field[$index]' type='Text' size='6' maxlength='6' value='text_field[$index]'>

This would cause the contents of the field to be redisplayed if there was an error somewhere else in the form.

I did the same with the checkbox field name but it didn't work.

TIA

Chris

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YOu can keep a ticked box ticket by adding 'checked' in the html code (just like you would to have a checkbox appear 'checked' the first time you load it.

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[Anon]

If you put up a flag on the checkbox to see if it was previously checked, and then ask it to check it again.

ie.

echo "<input type=checkbox name=CheckName;
if ($CheckName != "") {
echo " checked";
}
echo ">";

This will check for a variable with that name and place a checkmark in the box if it has been submitted before.

Hope it helps.

[Anon]

Thanks - that worked great, good idea.

Chris