RE: PHP Form and Arrays help

use a hidden input in front of each checkbox with the same name and the value '0' (as opposed to '1' for the checkbox). Tim www.chessish.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Ray [mailto:tom@blazestudios.com] > Sent: 24 September 2002 17:24 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: PHP Form and Arrays help > > > I'm having a small problem with a form I'm designing and I > hope someone can > point me in the right direction here. The form's function is > rather simple > actaully. It's supposed to take the information, run through > it to make sure > all the required fields have data in them, if there is a > blank required field > it is supposed to redraw the form showing the field missed > but also store the > data that was already submitted so you don't have to fill the > form out all over > again. Now I have it so it stores the values of text boxes, > drop down menus and > radio buttons but I'm having a real tough time with the check > box values. > Example of what I'm doing: (Gender Selection with Radio Buttons). > > I declare an array in my PHP by doing > $genderarray=array(); > > Then I store the value of the form for the redraw like so: > $mygender=$HTTP_POST_VARS[gender]; > $genderarray[$mygender]="checked"; > > In the actaul form I decalre a global: > global genderarray(); > > And under the gender selection I have: > <input name=gender type=radio value="Male" <?= > $genderarray["Male"] ?>" > > (works the same for the Female) > > > Now my question is how can I do this with check boxes. I > thought I could > through them all into a single array, then pull out the ones > who have values to > them, but that's not working the way I thought. > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > >