Parsing HTML Checkbox checked values into php using Post

Question

I am in a silly position where I can't figure out to get the values of the checked checkboxes.

 <form id="civilForm" method="POST" action="form.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p>
 <label>
<input id="12D" name="programsRequested[]" type="checkbox" />
<span>12D</span>
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input id="xp" name="programsRequested[]" type="checkbox" />
<span>XPStorm</span>
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input id="autoTurn" name="programsRequested[]" type="checkbox" />
<span>AutoTurn</span>
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input id="hecras" name="programsRequested[]" type="checkbox" />
<span>HEC RAS</span>
</label>
</p>

Then I am using a php loop as there are a bunch more checkboxes coming.

It spins through fine, but only give me a list that says: on, on, on which correctly tells me how many I checked, however does not give me the value of the checked box.

$selectedPrograms  = 'None';
if(isset($_POST['programsRequested']) && is_array($_POST['programsRequested']) && count($_POST['programsRequested']) > 0){
    $selectedPrograms = implode(', ', $_POST['programsRequested']);
}

Is there something obvious I missing on how to get the values here?

array(4) { ["firstName"]=> string(4) "Drew" ["lastName"]=> string(3) "Vur" ["programsRequested"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(2) "on" [1]=> string(2) "on" } ["submitCivil"]=> string(0) "" } — Achmann
– Achmann, Commented Apr 23, 2018 at 6:22
just add attribute value="1" if you got value 1 in php it mean this checkbox is checked otherwise not. Also in loop you'll get only checked checkboxes — Tayyab Khan
– Tayyab Khan, Commented Apr 23, 2018 at 6:26

stalin wesley · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-23 06:27:47Z

2

add every input element value

<input id="12D" name="programsRequested[]" type="checkbox" value="1" />

form not closed .

submit button also missing .

<input type="submit" name="submit" >

answered Apr 23, 2018 at 6:27

stalin wesley

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Achmann Over a year ago

Sorry, it is just a part of the form, I didn't grab all the code. It is excessively long. Also thankyou, I didn't see I forgot to put values. I put ids instead! This worked perfectly

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