PHP CHECKBOX Array Issue

Question

I have a list of checkboxes like you would see in most email clients (You tick a box press delete then it deletes an email).

<input type="checkbox" value="yes" name="box[]" />

The problem stands here ...

print_r($_POST['box']);//Returns nothing at all ...

var_dump($_POST['box']);// returns null...

I was reading something about register globals that php5 has turned it off for security reason.

Does anyone know what my options are ?

Me being Captain Obvious: Have you explicitly set method="post" as a form attribute? The default method is get (try var_dump($_GET);) — Matt
– Matt, Commented Apr 20, 2010 at 11:37

Val · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-20 11:42:23Z

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Just found out by playing about with values.

Make sure you check for the enctype attribute on the tag

should be <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Hope someone else could find this helpful .

answered Apr 20, 2010 at 11:42

Val

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