[RESOLVED] PHP Script Not Grabbing One Radio Button's Value

rsmith

I have a form with several radio buttons and a PHP script that gets them via POST. The problem is one set of them doesn't pass the right value. I can't see the problem, been staring at it for hours.

The problematic button group is here:

<input type="radio" name="device-type" value="Desktop" tabindex="1" />Desktop
<input type="radio" name="device-type" value="Laptop" />Laptop

Same page, another set of buttons works:

<input type="radio" name="ack-reboot" value="Yes" tabindex="5" />Yes
<input type="radio" name="ack-reboot" value="No" />No

The PHP

	// Get the form variables
		$deviceType = $_POST['device-type'];
		$ackReboot = $_POST['ack-reboot'];

For some reason $deviceType returns a value of "1" no matter what radio button is actually selected. $ackReboot works just fine and returns the string. The PHP snippet is at the top of the script with no other PHP code before it.

bradgrafelman

Can you do a [man]var_dump/man on the $_POST array and show us the output?

rsmith

here's the var_dump()....

array(2) { ["device-type"]=> string(7) "Android" ["ack-reboot"]=> string(3) "Yes" }

And instead of "Android" being stored in the $deviceType variable, it assigns 1 instead.

rsmith

Okay, no sooner do I post this then it starts to magically start working... I don't THINK I changed anything but who knows. I've diddled with this f'n thing for hours. Thanks for the help, maybe it was just a gremlin... I knew I shouldn't feed that little **** after midnight.

bradgrafelman

How do you know that? How are you inspecting the contents of the $deviceType variable? Have you tried [man]var_dump/man'ing it as well?

EDIT: Woops - didn't see your reply before posting mine.