[SoftDux]

Hi everyone,

I need to capture dynamic form data in a PHP script, and would like to know how to capture un-checked checkboxes as well? Basically I have a list of usernames, each with a checkbox next to it. An admin person then needs to tick the checkboc next to a name, when the user has met certain criteria (say for example, pupils attending class).

When the form is submitted, a piece of code will send an email to a designated recipient (for example The Dean) with a list of attendees. But at the same time I also want to indicate which names weren't selected.

i.e.

"The following students attended the session:
John
Bob
Ann
Alex
Peter

The following students didn't attend:
Frank
Paul
Joe"

Does this make sense?

The question is, how do I see which are unchecked, but from a list dynamically generated? i.e. when the teacher choose the list of candidates, she has a list of criteria to choose from, which then generates the list. So the list could have 2 names or 20 names.

[sourcez]

You have the variables passed to the form as true/false for the names so why not just use some conditional statements?

[Nico]

Does the list of users come form a database?

If so, you cold pull this list again on the second page, and match it against the submitted values.

Or you could use radio buttons instead of checkboxes.

[SoftDux]

Originally Posted by sourcez

You have the variables passed to the form as true/false for the names so why not just use some conditional statements?

Cause the form values are all dynamic, so I can't do a true false, since I don't know at coding time what values the form has.

[job0107]

Originally Posted by SoftDux

Cause the form values are all dynamic, so I can't do a true false, since I don't know at coding time what values the form has.

The database must have a column for each checkbox that can be used.
A query to the database should be able to tell you which checkboxes were checked and which were not.
What I mean is, if you want to query the database to see how many people checked a certain box, then there should be a column in the database for that checkbox and if they checked it, then there will be a value in it. If they didn't check a certain box, then there won't be a value in it.

It shouldn't matter how many check boxes are dynamically created in any given form.
Because there should be a column for each possible checkbox in the database.
And those columns should have a value if the checkbox was checked and no value if it wasn't.