Re: Displaying checkbox values selected

thanks for replies. got it to work. i tried Aziz's solution with $PHP_SELF but didnt work. this though led me to read about environment variables, and to cut long story short i changed register_globals = off to "on" in php.ini file and it worked. cheers "Nicole Amashta" <430ntr3k@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:3CE5226B.70003@bellsouth.net... > Since this is dynamically generated, you should be able to determine the > 'checked' items. If the value is equal to the value of the check box, > you need to add in 'checked' to the checkbox tab, like so: > > <input type="checkbox" name="artist[]" value="Bon Jovi" > checked>Bon Jovi > > > -nicole > www.aeontrek.com > > C Sims wrote: > > Hi all, > > would appreciate any help with this (newbie) question. All im trying to do > > is to echo on screen the checkbox values selected by the user. Problem is > > when submit is pressed, the selected artists dont appear, it just goes back > > to the original screen (with empty checkboxes). Below is the code which ive > > copied from another site which supposedly should work. Thanks in advance for > > help. > > > > in file jukebox.php3 > > > > <? > > // check for $submit > > if (!isset($submit)) > > { > > // and display form > > ?> > > > > <form action="jukebox.php3" method="post"> > > <input type="checkbox" name="artist[]" value="Bon > > Jovi">Bon Jovi > > <input type="checkbox" name="artist[]" > > value="N'Sync">N'Sync > > <input type="checkbox" name="artist[]" > > value="Boyzone">Boyzone > > <input type="checkbox" name="artist[]" value="Britney > > Spears">Britney Spears > > <br> > > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select"> > > </form> > > > > <? > > } > > // or display the selected artists > > else > > { > > ?> > > > > <b>And here are your selections:</b> > > <br> > > > > <? > > > > // use a "for" loop to read and display array elements > > for($count = 0; $count < sizeof($artist); $count++) > > { > > print "<i>$artist[$count]</i><br>"; > > } > > > > } > > ?> > > > > >