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James Stafford
James Stafford

Reputation: 1054

checkbox array only returning one result

I have built a form that has a checkbox input array (saving to an array). However, when I POST it and retrieve the results, it only offers the last selection. 

<input type="checkbox" value="Friendly" name="quest[9]"> Friendly<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Attentive" name="quest[9]"> Attentive<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Enthusiastic" name="quest[9]"> Enthusiastic<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Understanding" name="quest[9]"> Understanding<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Well Mannered" name="quest[9]"> Well Mannered<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Efficient" name="quest[9]"> Efficient<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Genuine" name="quest[9]"> Genuine<br>

For example, say I chose "Friendly", "Efficient", and "Genuine".

When I POST it over to a PHP document and run

print_r($_POST['quest']);

I only receive

Array ( [9] => Genuine )

back so "Genuine" is the only item I get back. Is there a way to fix this? What have I done wrong?

This is the 9th question on the survey, so changing the name unfortunately is not an option. Is there any way to combine the results to that single array separated by commas? I could always explode on the php side.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6144

Answers (3)

Gaurav
Gaurav

Reputation: 628

use quest[] in name instead of quest[9]. also in php part use this to add multiple choices .

<?php
$quest = implode(',',$_post['quest']);
print_r($quest);
?>

Happy coding!!

Upvotes: 3

khaverim
khaverim

Reputation: 3544

I'm posting a new answer about your comments on the previous one:

Since you must keep quest[9] as the organization for the checkbox array..

You may want to try and make it a more complex array, where each <input> has name="quest[9][1]", name="quest[9][2]" and so on.

And find the contents by

print_r($_POST['quest']);

again

Upvotes: 2

Musa
Musa

Reputation: 97672

All your checkboxes have the same name, make them unique

<input type="checkbox" value="Friendly" name="quest[3]"> Friendly<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Attentive" name="quest[4]"> Attentive<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Enthusiastic" name="quest[5]"> Enthusiastic<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Understanding" name="quest[6]"> Understanding<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Well Mannered" name="quest[7]"> Well Mannered<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Efficient" name="quest[8]"> Efficient<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Genuine" name="quest[9]"> Genuine<br>

or use empty square brackets so php will treat the inputs as an array 

<input type="checkbox" value="Friendly" name="quest[]"> Friendly<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Attentive" name="quest[]"> Attentive<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Enthusiastic" name="quest[]"> Enthusiastic<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Understanding" name="quest[]"> Understanding<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Well Mannered" name="quest[]"> Well Mannered<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Efficient" name="quest[]"> Efficient<br>
<input type="checkbox" value="Genuine" name="quest[]"> Genuine<br>

Upvotes: 3

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