Re: HTML_QuickForm2: value of unchecked checkbox

From: Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:11:54 +0000
Subject: Re: HTML_QuickForm2: value of unchecked checkbox
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Hello devs, > HTML forms always had the problem that checkboxes get not submitted > when they are not checked. This leads to E_NOTICEs in the best or > program errors in the worst case if this cases are not checked > properly. > > I think QF2 should make programming with forms easy, and that means > that the value of a checkbox should be either boolean true or false - > no matter what the HTML form specifics say. > > This could be solved in two ways: > 1) adding a hidden field before the checkbox, with the same name and > value of "0" > 2) programmatically fix the value when using getValue(). > > Thoughts? Any ideas on this? -- Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Weiske -=≡ Geeking around in the name of science since 1982 ≡=-

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