At 12:36 PM -0600 12/2/07, Larry Garfield wrote:
First of all, using "y" and "n" for boolean values (such as a checkbox) is
very sloppy. "n" is boolean True. A boolean value should evaluate correctly
in a boolean context. For that, you should use 1 and 0 for your values.
What I usually do is this:
<input type="hidden" name="foo" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="foo" value="1" <?php echo $checked; ?> />
Then when it gets submitted, foo will get the value of the form element that
was submitted last that has a value. That is, if the checkbox is checked
then foo will be 1, otherwise it will be 0. That gives you a nice, clean
boolean value you can rely on being present (mostly <g>).
Larry:
Not that you said otherwise, but if the programmer does not set the
value for a checkbox, html will provide values -- that may lead to
confusion for newer programmers.
See here:
http://webbytedd.com/bbbb/checkbox/
If you will note, without specifically setting the value, html will
return "on".
Also, I'm sure it's an oversight, but your code above should be:
<?php if ($foo) echo('checked'); ?>
Cheers,
tedd
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