I want to process a list of checkbox values where the name is the same for all of them. I present a list of people who can be selected, and each checkbox is named members. The idea is to check the names of the members for which action should be taken. In the PHP script that receives the data, I try to use $memberlist = $_POST['members']; but I can only see one member. I know that the browser is sending the list, because I can parse the STDIN list in Perl and see them all there. There are multiple arguments that are members=something. How do I process these in PHP?
Thanks.
Checkboxes in PHP
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just as an addition:
$_POST['members'] will be an array containing all checked values.
try
$_POST['members'] will be an array containing all checked values.
try
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<html>
<body>
<?php if(isset($_POST['member'])) { ?>
<fieldset><legend>selected member-checkboxes</legend>
<pre><?php print_r($_POST['member']); ?></pre>
number of elements in the array: <?php echo count($_POST['member']); ?> <br />
the first element is: <?php echo $_POST['member'][0]; ?> <br />
all elements
<pre><?php
foreach($_POST['member'] as $index=>$member)
echo $index, '=>', $member, "\n";
?></pre>
the imploded string: <?php echo implode(',', $_POST['member']); ?>
</fieldset>
<?php } ?>
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="checkbox" name="member[]" value="1" id="m1" /><label for="m1">member #1</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" name="member[]" value="2" id="m2" /><label for="m2">member #2</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" name="member[]" value="3" id="m3" /><label for="m3">member #3</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" name="member[]" value="4" id="m4" /><label for="m4">member #4</label><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>