Checkboxes

[FayeNolen]

I have 5 checkboxes each one is a candidate that can have a vote. I would like to keep track of the votes each time someone clicks on a checkbox.

[LordShryku]

Sounds like a good idea. Good luck!

[tbach2]

hookay, that's a bit broad. It almost sounds like you're wanting somebody to write the script for you. That's not how it works here.

Do you know how to pass variables from a form to a script?

Do you have a database you can access?

If you need some help planning the project, ask for that; otherwise write some code, try it, try debugging it, then feel free to ask for some more help. 🙂

[FayeNolen]

if($cb1 == 1) {
$Counter .= Counter + 1;
}
if($cb2 == 1) {
$Counter.= "Counter + 1";
}

print ("<B><Center> $Counter</CENTER></B>\n");

I would like to say that if the first checkbox is checked then I would like to keep count for each candidate and then display that

[robsgaming]

For what you are doing radio buttons would fit the idea better. It's very easy to set up.

<select name="vote" type="radio">
<option value="Name1">Name 1</option>
<option value="Name2">Name 1</option>
<option value="Name3">Name 1</option>
</select>

then of course the rest of the code to submit, etc.

Then run some sort of sql

$sql = "INSERT INTO voting (candidate) VALUES ('$vote');";

That will ad a new row for each vote. What you could do instead for the sql is

$sql = "UPDATE voting SET count = count + 1 WHERE candidate = '$vote';";

In this case, you would have to have a filed titled count, and candidate.