Chris,
Good idea, but $default is the value with pipe delimiters.
on 12/7/04 4:11 PM, Christopher Fulton at christopher.fulton@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> A few notes that may help you.....
>
> first.....on strstr....i would use strpos instead for a simple check....so....
>> if(strstr($default, $values[$i]['id'])) {
>> $field .= ' CHECKED';
>> }
> would become....
>> if(strpos($default, $values[$i]['id']) !== false) {
>> $field .= ' CHECKED';
>> }
> note the double equals...not a mistake....see note in php docs about
> that...the reason for using strpos is that strstr is a much longer
> check than needed.....anyways...on to your problem.....
>
> there is a slight logic issue (i think....)
> lets say your values are....
> $values = "foo bar|foo";
> this test (i think) should return true....
> if(strstr("foo", $values)) because it just looks for the first
> occurence of the string....
>
>
> to fix this.....
>
> I would change it to this.....
> $checkValues = array()
> $checkValues = explode("|", $values[$i]['id']);
> if(in_array($default, $checkValues)) {
> $field .= ' CHECKED';
> }
>
> there may be a better/faster way to do this, but this should work
>
> hope this helps,
> chris
>
>
>
> On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:10:59 -0500, Mike <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am having a hard time figuring this one out, maybe someone here (with
>> fresh eyes) can offer a suggestion?
>>
>> Here is the function...
>>
>> // Draw Checkbox Menu
>> function draw_checkbox_menu($name, $values, $default = false, $parameters =
>> false) {
>>
>> for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($values); $i++) {
>> $field .= '<input type="checkbox" name="'.$name.'" value="' .
>> $values[$i]['id'] . '"';
>> if(strstr($default, $values[$i]['id'])) {
>> $field .= ' CHECKED';
>> }
>> $field .= '> ' . $values[$i]['text'] . '<br>
>> ';
>> }
>>
>> return $field;
>> }
>>
>> This function is passed the name of the checkbox list($name), the values
>> that are available($values = array) along with the ones that should be
>> checked ($default). Parameters too , but not important.
>>
>> The problem is this. The Values are formatted like this...
>>
>> value1|value2|value3...etc...
>>
>> I use the strstr() function to check against the $default so I can check it
>> if so.
>>
>> Well it works great..BUT, lets say the product has a category of "Coffee
>> Pots", but the one of the values available is "Coffee".
>>
>> In this case both "Coffee" AND "Coffee Pots" get checked when only "Coffee
>> Pots" should.
>>
>> What can I do to this function eliminate this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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