checkbox problem (php)

[Chronicle]

Hello
I have the following in a form, that gets submitted to another page:

<input type="checkbox" name="oursite" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="oursite" value="2" />
... and so on, till
<input type="checkbox" name="oursite" value="13" />

But when i do:

$oursite = strip_tags($_POST['oursite']);
echo $oursite;

Everytime i get "13", even if #13 isn't ticked, or if more than one is ticked etc.

:S

 

[Inquisitor]

You're treating them like radio buttons; you need to give checkboxes unique names.

 

[MaxPower]

To further iterate what Inquisitor has said; because checkboxes allow for multiple selections a unique name is required for each checkbox which when retieved gives a boolean (true/false) return.

You need to decide whether it is neccesary to have multiple sections.

 

[Chronicle]

Ah, yes. I was thinking it would return a string such as for example 1,3,12. I'm not sure why. Its so clear now.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

you don't need a unique name:

<input type="checkbox" name="oursite[]" value="1" />
...
<input type="checkbox" name="oursite[]" value="13" />

php:

<?php

foreach ($_POST['oursite'] as $box) {
    echo $box . "<br />\n";
}

?>

 

[Sp00n]

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[Dj_Jestar]

Not whilst at work