Re: setting Check box

Try setting up your code so that the following is the result: <input type="checkbox" name="avail" checked> or <input type="checkbox" name="avail"> Andrew Elliston On Monday, March 26, 2001, at 11:54 PM, Peter Houchin wrote:

Hiya can some one pls let me know if i am on the right track pls, this is in a form that updates if there is an id else it inserts, now what i want it if there is an id i want the check box to be either checked or unchecked depending on the 'y' / 'n' value in the db

<input type="checkbox" name="avail" value="" <? if ($avail == 'n') { echo 'SELECTED '; }?>">

Peter Houchin

Try CHECKED for checkboxes - SELECTED works for dropdowns.

ok I've changed it the SELECT to CHECKED but it had no effect ... <input type="checkbox" name="avail" value="" <? if ($avail == 'n') { echo 'CHECKED'; }?>> I've also tried it with a "n" value so it reads like <input type="checkbox" name="avail" value="n" <? if ($avail == 'n') { echo 'CHECKED'; }?>> but that didn't have any luck either ... is there anything else i can do? Peter