Deal with Default Checkbox Values in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to deal with Default Checkbox Values.
Example
<html>//from w w w . j a v a2 s . co m
<head>
<title>Using Default Checkbox Values</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$food = $_GET[food];
$self = htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
if (!empty($food)) {
echo "The foods selected are:<br />";
foreach($food as $foodstuf)
{
echo "<strong>".htmlentities($foodstuf)."</strong><br />";
}
}else{
echo ("<form action=\"$self\" ");
echo ('method="get">
<fieldset>
<label>Italian <input type="checkbox" name="food[]" value="Italian" /></label>
<label>Mexican <input type="checkbox" name="food[]" value="Mexican" /></label>
<label>Chinese <input type="checkbox" name="food[]" value="Chinese" checked="checked" /></label>
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Go!" >');
}
?>
</body>
</html>