Re: Check Boxes

Julio,

The way I see it checkboxes are just boolean graphical representations.
Either a "yes" or "no" value if the box is checked or not,
respectively. Hence, it would make sense for the field to be of type
"bool". As far as storing goes, PHP sees a checked box of having a
value of "on" and an unchecked box of having a value of false (or
empty). So what I typically do is have a function called is_checked()
that passes the form field.

function is_checked($form_field){
global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
if($HTTP_POST_VARS[$form_field[ == "on")
return 1;
else
return 0;
}

In my SQL statement I pass the returned value directly

$strSQL = "INSERT INTO blah (is_foo) VALUES (" . is_checked('is_foo') . ")"

Hope this helps. :D

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Julio Cuz, Jr. wrote:

> Hi--
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions, SAMPLES, or ideas on how to STORE,
> RETRIEVE, AND PROCESS values for "Check Boxes" w/PHP & Postgresql?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julio Cuz, Jr.
> Riverside Community College
> jcuz(at)rccd(dot)cc(dot)ca(dot)us
>
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