I'm in the early stages of learning PHP, and am very stuck as to why this code doesn't work.
each of the variables, chkSoda, chkFries,etc have a value associated with them, for some reason the $total variable isn't adding up those values.
Any help would be appreciated:
checkDemo.php
checkDemo.html
each of the variables, chkSoda, chkFries,etc have a value associated with them, for some reason the $total variable isn't adding up those values.
Any help would be appreciated:
checkDemo.php
Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Checkbox Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Demonstrates reading checkboxes</h3>
<?
$chkFries = $_GET["chkFries"];
$chkSoda = $_GET["chkSoda"];
$chkShake = $_GET["chkShake"];
$chkKetchup = $_GET["chkKetchup"];
print <<<HERE
chkFries: $chkFries <br>
chkSoda: $chkSoda <br>
chkShake: $chkShake <br>
chkKetchup: $chkKetchup <br>
<hr>
HERE;
$total = 0;
if (!empty($chkFries)){
print ("You chose Fries <br> \n");
$total = $total + chkFries;
} //end if
if (!empty($chkSoda)){
print ("You chose Soda <br> \n");
$total = $total + chkSoda;
} //end if
if (!empty($chkShake)){
print ("You chose Shake <br> \n");
$total = $total + chkShake;
} //end if
if (!empty($chkKetchup)){
print ("You chose Ketchup <br> \n");
$total = $total + chkKetchup;
} //end if
print "The total cost is \$$total \n";
?>
</body>
</html>checkDemo.html
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Checkbox Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Checkbox Demo</h1>
<h3>Demonstrates Checkboxes</h3>
<form action = "checkDemo.php">
<h3>What would you like with your order?</h3>
<ul>
<li><input type= "checkbox"
name= "chkFries"
value="1.00">Fries
</li>
<li><input type= "checkbox"
name= "chkSoda"
value=".85">Soda
</li>
<li><input type= "checkbox"
name= "chkShake"
value="1.30">Shake
</li>
<li><input type= "checkbox"
name= "chkKetchup"
value=".05">Ketchup
</li>
</ul>
<input type="submit"
</form>
</body>
</html>