Aha! The secret handshake. That was it. Thanks to Brad and to David for pointing me to an invaluable online php resource. Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Fuller [mailto:bfuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:42 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Maybe an HTML prob? > > 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
