Re: Drawing checkboxes

[Brent Baisley <brent@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I have to pass name/value pairs to a function or anything else, I 
always use an multidimensional associative array (that's a mouthful). 
Using a string delimiter is too unreliable and probably slower.
Something like this:

$checkBoxList[] = 
array('name'=>'Coffee','value'=>'Coffee','checked'=>'Y');
$checkBoxList[] = array('name'=>'Coffee Pot','value'=>'Coffee 
Pot','checked'=>'N');
$checkBoxList[] = array('name'=>'Tea Pot','value'=>'Tea 
Pot','checked'=>'Y');
draw_checkbox_menu($checkBoxList);

function draw_checkbox_menu($checkboxes,$parameters=false) {
foreach($checkboxes as $box) {
	$field .= '<input type="checkbox" name="'.$box['name'].'" 
value="'.$box['value'].'"'.($box['checked']=='Y'?' CHECKED':'').'><br 
/>';
}
return $field;
}

A one line function to display your checkboxes. Of course, you need 
extra code to accommodate your parameters. I have a similar function 
where the parameters are how many rows or columns to create for the 
checkboxes. So I could create a checkbox area with 3 columns and x rows 
or 4 rows and x columns just by passing a different parameter.

On Dec 7, 2004, at 3:10 PM, Mike 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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