CHECKBOXs Problem

maggotz

Sry guys,
im newbies for PHP,

Just want to learn how to..

i got problem with checkboxs .

my .html code

<html>
<head>
<title>
Retrive form using get method 
</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="details.php" method="GET">
Name: <input type ="text" name="name">
<p>
Address: <input type ="text" name="address">
<p>
Hobbies : 
Cooking <input type ="checkbox"name="cooking" value="1"/>
Reading <input type ="checkbox"name="reading" value="2"/>
Listen to Music <input type ="checkbox"name="listen" value="3"/>
<p>
Email: <input type ="text" name="email">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input Type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</body>
</html>

And this is my Php

<html>
<body>
<?php
$name = $_GET ['name'];
$address = $_GET ['address'];
$hobbies = $_GET ['cooking'];
$email = $_GET ['email'];
echo " <br> Hi $name";
echo " <br>  Your address is $address";
echo " <br>  Your hobbies are $hobbies";
echo " <br>  I will contact you at $email";
?>
</html>
</body>

my checkbox wont work,,
gld if you guys can help me.

:queasy:

vivek151189

You can do something like this
as you have to define the mane of checkbox in array as considering your code

<html>
<head>
<title>
Retrive form using get method
</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="details.php" method="GET">
Name: <input type ="text" name="name">
<p>
Address: <input type ="text" name="address">
<p>
Hobbies :
Cooking <input type ="checkbox"name="thing[]" value="1"/>
Reading <input type ="checkbox"name="thing[]" value="2"/>
Listen to Music <input type ="checkbox"name="thing[]" value="3"/>
<p>
Email: <input type ="text" name="email">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input Type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</body>
</html>

and in post you can check the value of which checkbox is clicked
by

$name = $_POST['name'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$hobbies = $_POST ['cooking'];
$email = $_POST ['email'];
echo " <br> Hi $name";
echo " <br> Your address is $address";
echo " <br> Your hobbies are $hobbies";
echo " <br> I will contact you at $email";

$value = $_POST['thing'];

vivek151189

As you are posting all the value after submit and tring it to get by $GET[] method which is not correct .As the avrialble which is passed through the url can be get by $GET method not the posted variable

You can reffer to below link for getting your checkbox value in $_POST

http://corpocrat.com/2009/05/24/how-to-store-and-retreive-checkbox-value-in-mysql-with-php/

cretaceous

vivek I think you are wrong - OP is using GET not POST
Maggotz:
I think you are finding that when "cooking" box is ticked, the page output shows:
Your hobbies are 1

is that correct?

vivek151189

Oh sorry!
I didn't seen that method="GET"

but it wood be good idea to go with post rather than get.

maggotz

cretaceous;11003234 wrote:
vivek I think you are wrong - OP is using GET not POST
Maggotz:
I think you are finding that when "cooking" box is ticked, the page output shows:
Your hobbies are 1

is that correct?

yes,, thats right .. 🙂

im not familiar with php, but now i learn from reading and try to understand.

lemme try

Oh sorry!
I didn't seen that method="GET"

but it wood be good idea to go with post rather than get.

Would be glad if you can gimme sample of $_POST with this problem . lemme try to understand clearly . 🙂

p/s: im noob and still noob ..

Weedpacket

maggotz wrote:
Would be glad if you can gimme sample of $POST with this problem . lemme try to understand clearly .

That's easy: change the form's submission method to POST, and change $GET to $_POST in the code.

But what is the problem you're having? The $GET (or $POST) array is going to contain the values of the checkboxes that you've checked, and that's what you are displaying.

maggotz

maggotz;11003216 wrote:

Sry guys,
im newbies for PHP,

Just want to learn how to..

i got problem with checkboxs .

my .html code

<html>
<head>
<title>
Retrive form using get method 
</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="details.php" method="GET">
Name: <input type ="text" name="name">
<p>
Address: <input type ="text" name="address">
<p>
[B][SIZE="5"][COLOR="Red"]Hobbies : 
Cooking <input type ="checkbox"name="cooking" value="1"/>
Reading <input type ="checkbox"name="reading" value="2"/>
Listen to Music <input type ="checkbox"name="listen" value="3"/>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
<p>
Email: <input type ="text" name="email">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input Type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</body>
</html>

And this is my Php

<html>
<body>
<?php
$name = $_GET ['name'];
$address = $_GET ['address'];
[COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="5"]$hobbies = $_GET ['cooking'];[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]
$email = $_GET ['email'];
echo " <br> Hi $name";
echo " <br>  Your address is $address";
echo " <br>  Your hobbies are $hobbies";
echo " <br>  I will contact you at $email";
?>
</html>
</body>

my checkbox wont work,,
gld if you guys can help me.

:queasy:

MY HTML OUTPUT
http://www.blaygrey.com/images/html.jpg

MY PHP OUTPUT:
http://www.blaygrey.com/images/php.jpg

please help.

maggotz

maggotz;11003653 wrote:
MY HTML OUTPUT
http://www.blaygrey.com/images/html.jpg

MY PHP OUTPUT:
http://www.blaygrey.com/images/php.jpg

please help.

EDITED.

maggotz

My problem is , My Hobbies didnt state whenever i tick the checkbox, ..