[Resolved] From Array use Switch and tick Checkboxes

lulubell

I have an update information form, the data is passed into the form fields based on an entry in a database. One of the fields - $animals - in the database accepts an array from the ticked checkboxes of anim[]. On update form I use an implode statement to join the ticked checkbox values together, so that the data is stored in the field "animals" as Cat, Dog and so on.

What I am trying to do is when I call the update form, I want the checkboxes whose values are stored in $animals to be CHECKED.

I have tried using the explode statement, and then a while loop, followed by a switch statement, but it ticks all of the boxes, instead of just the boxes whose data is stored in the $animals field.

This is the code I am using:

$newAnimals = explode(",", "$animals");
while (list($IndexValue, $animals) = each($newAnimals))
{
switch ($operation)
{
case "Cat":
$select = "CHECKED";
case "Dog":
$select = "CHECKED";
case "Rabbit":
$select = "CHECKED";
break;
}
}

echo "
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="anim[]" VALUE="Cat" $select1>Cat
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="anim[]" VALUE="Dog" $select2>Dog
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="anim[]" VALUE="Rabbit" $select3>Rabbit
";

Can anyone help me with what I am doing wrong?

devinemke

to make things easier (and less code) i would make an array that contains all possible animals and loop thru that to echo your checkboxes:

$all_animals = array( // all possible animal choices
	'Cat',
	'Dog',
	'Rabbit',
	'Chicken',
	'Elephant'
);

$animals_array = explode(',', $animals); // $animals is the string coming from the db

foreach ($all_animals as $value)
{
	echo '<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="anim[]"';
	if (in_array($value, $animals_array)) {echo ' checked';}
	echo '>' . $value . '<br>' . "\n";
}

it is not entirely clear from your post if the $animal string is just comma separated or comma + space separated. the above example assumes just comma separated.