how to make form checkboxes work in PHP

[mickeyb]

I've looked all over the web to try to find an answer for this. Most php sites show how to use a form to make checkboxes then when you make a selection and submit it an echo tells you what you have submitted. What is the point of that!!

what I want to do is email the selection from a form checkbox through PHP along with the other variables on the form like name and address. I can get the form to work on PHP, but not the checkbox element of it. Does anyone please know how to do this?

[planetsim]

Most checkboxes have a value like text input so basically it works exactly the same,

e.g. if checkbox name is checkbox and value is hi

<?php
echo $_POST['checkbox'];
//echos out hi

?>

[mickeyb]

sorry.. it doesn't work. basically I don't know what I'm doing. All I want to do is get the result of a checkbox option on my site posted to me.

[Shrike]

RTFB - is this a new acronym ? 🙂

[TGLMan]

LOL