if ($Permission = "Yes") should be if ($Permission == "Yes") It's one of those elusive little oversights we've all come across in our time. :) -B > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Reichenbacher, Bio-Concepts, Inc. [mailto:frank@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:53 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Maybe an HTML prob? > > I am trying to pass the results of a form to a simple php mail() routine. > Everything works except the checkbox, Permission". No matter what state > the > checkbox is in, the php says it is whatever the "value" is set to on the > form. I must not be trying to pull the checkbox state correctly. > > I've tried several different means of evaluating $Permission, including > using empty() and isset(), but no matter what, $Permission always returns > whatever value is set in "value" on the form. In the case below, echo > $Permission returns "Yes" whether the box is checked or not. > > Here is the relevant code slightly doctored so as not to give a way a site > in early development: > > FORM: > <tr> > <td valign="top"> > <input type="checkbox" name="Permission" value="Yes" tabindex="12" > checked></td> > <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">I grant permission to include the > above information on the website</font></td> > </tr> > > ACTION: > <?php > $to = $_POST["to"]; > $FName = $_POST["FName"]; > $MI = $_POST["MI"]; > $LName = $_POST["LNAME"]; > $Specialty = $_POST["Specialty"]; > $Quals = $_POST["Quals"]; > $Hospital = $_POST["Hospital"]; > $Address1 = $_POST["Address1"]; > $Address2 = $_POST["Address2"]; > $Address3 = $_POST["Address3"]; > $Address4 = $_POST["Address4"]; > $Telephone = $_POST["Telephone"]; > $Fax = $_POST["Fax"]; > $New_First_Email = $_POST["New_First_Email"]; > $OldEmail = $_POST["OldEmail"]; > $Permission = $_POST["Permission"]; > if ($Permission = "Yes") { > $Permission = "Yes"; > } else { > $Permission = "No"; > > -- > 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
