Actually that wouldn't work becuase if you tested this you would have noticed that no name or value at all is passed for a checkbox or radio button that is not checked.
<input type="checkbox" name="a" value="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="b" value="1" checked> <input type="checkbox" name="c" value="1" checked> In this example $_POST['a'] is not set so you can not check it in a conditional statement. One possible solution here is to use Radio Buttons instead of check boxes. <input type="checkbox" name="a" value="0" checked><input type="checkbox" name="a" value="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="b" value="0"><input type="checkbox" name="b" value="1" checked> <input type="checkbox" name="c" value="0"><input type="checkbox" name="c" value="1" checked> It's a bit more cumbersome visually but it's the proper way to get the functionality you want. Now $_POST['a'] is set and contains 0. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: [PHP] Quick way to test series of integers > Hey there, > > I have around 50 checkboxes on an HTML form. Their "value" is "1". So, > when a user check the box, then no problem -- the value returned by the > form is "1" and I can enter that into my SQL database. > > HOWEVER... > > If the user does not check the box, I'm in trouble, because the "value" > does not default to "0", but rather <nil> I'm guessing... > > mysql query doesn't like my trying to pass NOTHING. > > I COULD go through each of the 50 returned variables and, if they are not > "1", assign "0" to them. > > But I'm wondering if there is a better way to go about this?? > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php