Checkboxes

I have created a form where the user has 6 options to each question and is required to 'tick all that apply'. I've used checkboxes (see code below) but Chronoforms is only storing the value of the last checked box, not all that have been ticked.

<tr align="left">
<td width="53" align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="one"></td>
<td width="497">answer 1 </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="two"></td>
<td>answer 2</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="three"></td>
<td>answer 3 </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="four"></td>
<td>answer 4 </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="five"></td>
<td>answer 5 </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left">
<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="one" value="six"></td>
<td>answer 6 </td>
</tr>

Can you please let me know where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Laura

Hi Laura,

You need to have the checkboxes return an array of results. Use name="one[]"

Bob

Thanks - I've tried that one already but the answer I get is 'Array' not 'one, two, three, four etc.' as expected.

Hi Laura,

OK, in that case keep the [] and edit the AutoGenerated code to replace $_POST['one'] with implode(', ', $_POST['one']) - this should convert the array to a comma seperated list.

I think that should work OK in the MySQL, if it doesn't then we'll need to put something into the OnSubmit code field.

Bob

Worked a treat! Thanks Bob.

Hi Greyhead,

I'm trying to implode an array on a checkbox called whynot[].

I'm using this code in the autogenerated code:

implode(', ', $_POST['whynot'])
to replace
$_POST['whynot']

But it only gives me the first character of the first response. How can I fix it?

Thanks in advance,

Laura. (chronoforms 2.3.9)

Hi Laura,

I no longer remember clearly how the code works in Joomla 1.0 :-(

The first character seems odd. What is the column format? I wonder if that isn't long enough?

Can you post the full code autogenerated code block please?

Bob

Appreciate your help Greyhead - thanks. Here is the original code. I've since amended the field names in my form to whynot[] and sateast[] , the two checkbox fields.

<?php 
	global $database;
	
	srand((double)microtime()*10000);
	$inum	=	"I" . substr(base64_encode(md5(rand())), 0, 16);
	
	
$database->setQuery( "INSERT INTO #__chronoforms_6 VALUES  (
'' , '".$inum."','". date('Y-m-d')." - ".date("H:i:s")."', '".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'current','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision5','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision6','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision7','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'decision8','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likely1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likely2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likely3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likely4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'long','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'manyhome','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'manyaway','')."' , '".mosGetParam
($_POST,'whynot','')."' , '".mosGetParam
($_POST,'whynotother','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'stand','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors5','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors6','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors7','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors8','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors9','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'wfactors10','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors5','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors6','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors7','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors8','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors9','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'efactors10','')."' , '".mosGetParam
($_POST,'sateast','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'opinion','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'attend','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base5','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base6','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base7','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'base8','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'stadium','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'kickoff','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb1','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb2','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb3','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb4','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb5','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'likelyb6','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'age','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'gender','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'postcode','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'club','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'income','')."' , '".mosGetParam($_POST,'ethnic','')."');" );
if (!$database->query()) {
echo "<script> alert('".$database->getErrorMsg()."'); window.history.go(-1); </script>
";
}
?>

Hi Laura,

I think that you need to implode the array values into a string

$whynot = implode(',', mosGetParam($_POST,'whynot',''));

Bob

Magic1 Works a treat. Thanks very much for your support.