[PHP] checkboxes, radio buttons and $_POST['name']

Hi HELP!!! I have read through the manual about using $_POST['name'] to retrieve data from forms, but what happens when a form element is not filled in or checked? If I have a checkbox on a form called chk1 I get an error from PHP when I try this: $chk1 = $_POST['chk1']; // error if user

Re: [PHP] checkboxes, radio buttons and $_POST['name']

isset($_POST[chk1]) will only be true if the checkbox is checked. Tim Ward http://www.chessish.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John-Erik Omland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: [PHP] checkboxes, radio

Re: [PHP] checkboxes, radio buttons and $_POST['name']

In the php.ini file set error reporting to E_ALL ~E_NOTICE -- Joseph W. Goff Seems like register_globals issue has been replaced by error_reporting ;-) John-Erik Omland wrote: Hi HELP!!! I have read through the manual about using $_POST['name'] to retrieve data from forms, but what

Re: [PHP] checkboxes, radio buttons and $_POST['name']

Hi, Friday, January 10, 2003, 4:25:00 AM, you wrote: JEO Hi JEO HELP!!! JEO I have read through the manual about using $_POST['name'] to retrieve JEO data from forms, but what happens when a form element is not filled in JEO or checked? JEO If I have a checkbox on a form called chk1 I get an