checking if checkbox is checked and saving answer

[fxpepper]

how would this be done? what i have isn't working...

$checked='checked';
if ($_POST['show_time'] == "checked") {
    $_POST['show_time'] = $checked;
}  else {
   $_POST['show_time'] = "";
}

thanks

[NogDog]

Not real sure what you want to do? Note though that checkbox elements only get included in the form data if they are checked, so you can use isset() to determine if a given checkbox was checked:

if(isset($_POST['show_time'])) {
   // checkbox was checked
}
else {
   // checkbox was NOT checked
}

However, I'm not sure at this point what you actually want to do where I have the comments in that code.

[fxpepper]

hi, thanks for the reply.

I want to update this attribute when the page posts and reloads. is this possible? right now, when I submit an unchecked box, it says "checked" when you submit and the page reloads....

[NogDog]

Do you mean something like this?

<label>Show Time:
<input type='checkbox' name='show_time' value='1' <?php
if(isset($_POST['show_time']) { echo " checked='checked'"; }
?> />
</label>

[fxpepper]

it looks like the page is updating through ajax post. would that affect the way this should be done? I tried the above methods and they are not working..so was wondering if the ajax had anything to do with it...?

thanks