[RESOLVED] Troubleshooting checkbox

[SFDonovan]

I wanted a "site is disable" feature so I created an int(1) field named disable_site.

echo "<TR><TD class='row1'>Disable Site<br><span class='gensmall'>Only Administrators will have access.</span></TD><TD class='row2'><input type='checkbox' name='disable_site' $site_status></TD></TR>";

I check the value this way.

$disable_site = $info['disable_site'];
if ($disable_site) {
$site_status = 'checked';
}

I seem not to be able to update this field from the form. Every other field on the form is working, but this one will not update.

echo"<pre>";
print_r($_POST);
echo"</pre>";

gives me [disable_site] => on

Why wouldn't this be a '1' instead of 'on' or at least a TRUE? How can I update an int(1) field with this?

If I do this..

$disable_site = intval($_POST['disable_site']);

I get 0

I'm confused. 😕

[SFDonovan]

value='1' seems to have fixed this.

[coldwerturkey]

This is what i do when dealing with checkboxes using when using 1 & 0

//On form; checkbox option
echo "<input name='chbx' value='1' type='checkbox' CHECKED>";


//After form, find value of chbx for database
$chbx = (isset($_POST['chbx']) && $_POST['chbx'] == '1')? 1 : 0; 


//Retrieving from database,
$ckd = (isset($row['chbx']) && $row['chbx'] == '1')? "CHECKED" : ""; 
$checkbox = "<input name='chbx' value='1' type='checkbox' $chk>";