php - sticky form checkbox problem

[Izzyg33]

I'm trying to make a form so that when the user submits it, a php script
validates the form and if there is anything wrong with any of the data entered
and the form re-loads, the values entered by the user are put back into the
form field for the user to see. For example; <input name='password2'
type='password' id='password2' class='form_verd' <?print 'value='$password2''
;?> > This works fine with textboxes as above but with checkboxes I am
having problems because I want the box to be checked if it was previously
checked and unchecked if it was previously unchecked but it is the value that
is passed from page to page i.e. 'true', not whether the box was checked or
not. <input name='agree' type='checkbox' id='agree' class='form_verd'
value='true' checked=yes> so if I write something along the lines of if
($value == true){ checked = yes;} else{ checked = no;} this doesn't work
because even when the page loads initially before being submitted, the php
reads the value as true so the box is always checked Does anyone know of a way
round this?:confused;

[Joseph Szobody]

Try this:

<input name='agree' type='checkbox' id='agree' class='form_verd'
value='true' <?php if($_POST['agree'] == 'true') echo "checked" ?>>

Joseph

"Izzyg33" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to make a form so that when the user submits it, a php script
> validates the form and if there is anything wrong with any of the data
> entered
> and the form re-loads, the values entered by the user are put back into
> the
> form field for the user to see. For example; <input name='password2'
> type='password' id='password2' class='form_verd' <?print
> 'value='$password2''
> ;?> > This works fine with textboxes as above but with checkboxes I am
> having problems because I want the box to be checked if it was previously
> checked and unchecked if it was previously unchecked but it is the value
> that
> is passed from page to page i.e. 'true', not whether the box was checked
> or
> not. <input name='agree' type='checkbox' id='agree' class='form_verd'
> value='true' checked=yes> so if I write something along the lines of if
> ($value == true){ checked = yes;} else{ checked = no;} this doesn't
> work
> because even when the page loads initially before being submitted, the php
> reads the value as true so the box is always checked Does anyone know of
> a way
> round this?:confused;
>

[Izzyg33]

Cool - Thankyou Joseph :D