HTML Checkbox To PHP Array

To create a simple HTML check box use the following bit of code.

<input type="checkbox" name="option2" value="Milk" />

To set the checkbox as filled in include a checked attribute. To make the control XHTML compliant you will need to do the following.

<input type="checkbox" name="option2" value="Milk" checked="checked" />

When the form is posted this value is sent to PHP with the $_POST superglobal array.

To link several checkboxes together to make them into an array in the PHP $_POST array you need to make all of the checkboxes have the same name, and each name must end in "[]".

<input type="checkbox" name="option[]" value="1" />


<input type="checkbox" name="option[]" value="2" />

When both of the checkboxes are filled and the form is submitted this produces the following array.

Array


(


 [option] => Array


 (


  [0] => 1


  [1] => 2


 )


 


 [submit] => Submit Query


)

To set values in the array you can include a string in between the [] in the checkbox name.

<input type="checkbox" name="option[43]" value="1" />


<input type="checkbox" name="option[23]" value="2" />

This produces the array.

Array


(


 [option] => Array


 (


  [43] => 1


  [23] => 2


 )


 


 [submit] => Submit Query


)