Newbie Question !

[ViciOuS]

Please excuse me for this newbie quesiton. I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere on my own, so, here goes..

When getting the value of checkboxes, like get whether its checked or not, what do you use?

I've tryed using $_POST['checkboxname'] but it doesnt work. Anyone know a solution?

[scrowler]

if register globals is on (it is by default) then you can use $_POST['checkboxname'] and the value will correspond to whichever you select. if it didn't work you could be misspelling one of the variables somewhere.

[ViciOuS]

Well, when I check it, I use TRUE and FALSE. Should this be something else?

i.e. -
if($chkIPpriv == "TRUE") { #... } else{ #... }

[Order]

@scrowler: $_POST, $_GET.. are all global variables, they exist even when register_globals are on or off, if register_globals are on, then you have standard variables like $checkboxname, not recommended at all due to security.

@ViciOuS:

Alrighty, well first there is a difference between TRUE and "TRUE", one is a string, one is a boolean. A boolean is a bit variable that is either on or off, or true or false. Using == "TRUE" is like saying if something is equal to TRUE literally, not whether it is true or not.

In forms, place a value on the input, so in your checkbox html tag you should have a value="something", when PHP gets the result, $_POST['checkboxname'] will equal something. This is usually how I do it, but I have not had to deal with checkbox's too very much.

[ViciOuS]

Sorry for not mentioning this earlier but i found that mistake like 30 mins after that last post. I was pretty tired that night and I pasted out right after I found the solution.

Thanks once again.