[Resolved] Multiple values in Checkboxes - Efficient way?

[lulubell]

Hey there

Does anyone know how to make my code more efficient and not so lengthy?

Basically I have a checkboxes on my form, if the Trade box ($nature_contact1) is ticked I want the value ($nature_contact) to be trade, if the Investment box ($nature_contact2) is ticked I want the value to be investment, if both are ticked the value should be trade and investment, if neither are ticked, I want the value to be trade.

Here's the code that does work:

if ($nature_contact1 == "Trade")
{
$nature_contact = "Trade";
}
if ($nature_contact2 == "Investment")
{
$nature_contact = "Investment";
}
if ($nature_contact1 == "Trade" && $nature_contact2 == "Investment")
{
$nature_contact = "Trade and Investment";
}
if ($nature_contact1 == "" && $nature_contact2 == "")
{
$nature_contact = "Trade";
}

Any Ideas?

Cheers

Lulubell😕

[Rayn]

$trade = array("Trade","","Trade","");
$investment = array("","Investment","Investment","");
$values = array ("Trade","Investment","Trade and Investment","Trade");

for ($i = 0; $i > 4 ; $i++) {
  if ($nature_contact1 == $trade[$i] && $nature_contact2 == $investment[$i]) {
    $nature_contact = $values[$i];
  }
}

Bleh, that should work though I havent tested it and dont know if its the best way. :o

[lulubell]

Hi

Thanks for your help, but it didn't work.

I tried putting on the page that then adds the values to the database which didn't work, and then I added it to the page before the form is sent and that didn't work.

The code for the check boxes on the form is:

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="nature_contact1" VALUE="Trade" TABINDEX=3>&nbsp;Trade&nbsp;&nbsp;
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="nature_contact2" VALUE="Investment" TABINDEX=4>&nbsp;Investment

Any ideas would be most grateful, I'm not a complete novice at PHP, but would class myself as a beginner. The touble is I'm not sure of the jargon, I tend to walk before I can run...

Cheers

Lulubell

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by lulubell
Hi

Thanks for your help, but it didn't work.

Should do if you correct the typo - replace ">" with "<".

I'd speed it up a touch and put a [man]break[/man] in

    $nature_contact = $values[$i];
    break;

because once you've found what you're looking for, you don't need to keep searching.

I tend to walk before I can run...

Most people do 🙂

[lulubell]

Marvellous - thanks a million.

I wonder if you can help with another very similar query?

I have created an array of values and outputted them to checkboxes, once I've submitted the form it only sends the last checked value to the db. I've read quite a few other posts and tried to adapt code, but seem to still pass the last value checked.

Can you help? If so the code goes something like this:

$exp_plans[1] = "Joint Venture";
$exp_plans[2] = "Acquisition";
$exp_plans[3] = "Warehouse Distribution Centre";
$exp_plans[4] = "Office";
$exp_plans[5] = "Alliance";
$exp_plans[6] = "Plant/Assembly";
$exp_plans[7] = "Other";
for ($counter=1; $counter<7; $counter++)
{
echo"<INPUT TYPE=Checkbox NAME='exp_plans' VALUE='$exp_plans[$counter]'>$exp_plans[$counter]<BR>";
}

Please help if you can as I've been working on it for the last two hours and I've not got much hair left...

Lulubell
😕

[krellen]

NAME='exp_plans' 

If they all have the same name, it is only one variable, no?

NAME-'exp_plans[$counter]'

or something similiar would probably do the trick.

[lulubell]

Hi

If I change the input name to exp_plans[$counter] the right amount of values are passed to the next page (If multiple boxes are checked) but it enters Array as the value in the database.

What I want it to do is put the checked answers into the database (Into the field called exp_plans) like:

Joint Venture, Accquisition, Alliance

I don't have any code on the submit page, should I?

Any help would be most grateful

Lulubell

[krellen]

That's because it IS an array! 😉

You can access the contents of the array by calling it as $exp_plans[key].

That way you could use them in your mySQL query.

I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but this may help you a little (or not):

foreach ($exp_plans as $key => $value) {

echo $value;

}