Re: SV: [PHP4BETA] isset(checkbox) vs. isset(text)

Actually this is a browser issue. Browsers will return, in leiu of a value a null string to indicate a checked checkbox. If the box isn't checked and there is no value statement it doesn't return the variable. IE if it has a value it gets set if true, otherwise you get a empty string But this all depends on the browser. The normal behaviour for un-valued checkboxes that are un-checked is not to return it at all. And valued boxes get either a empty string if unchecked or the value. But not all browsers do it like that heh. On Monday, February 21, 2000 at 01:55:12 PM, Johan Ekenberg wrote: > > if a variable for your checkbox should be created, which value would you > > expect > > if the user sends it unchecked?? > > > I'd expect it to have an empty value, ie the empty string. > There are IMHO at least 2 problems with the current behaviour: > 1. It's inconsistent. If an unchecked checkbox doesn't define a > variable, an empty <input type 2. Since "definedness" is not consistently > handled, one > can not use this to check dynamically created HTML forms for their > actual FORM fields. > > Best regards, > /Johan Ekenberg > -- Michael Loftis ICQ: 15648280 AIM: DyJailBait Funny quip of the moment just happens to be.... Linux is like a tent: no gates, no windows, and an Apache inside!