Using checkbox and Input field for inserting into DB

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I have a form such as the one below:

 <input type="checkbox" name="type" value="wash"><label>Wash</label><br>
 <input type="checkbox" name="type" value="no wash"><label>No Wash</label><br>
        <label>Other (Specify)</label><br>
        <input name="type"><br>

If you notice for all three i am using "type" as the input name. The point being that the user will be given two options, if none of the two options apply to them they should enter a value in other. Now in the database i have the field type, so if they selected the first two and entered a value in the field or if they only wrote a value in the field i still want it to to be part of the type field. So how can i make it so that if they select the input field it should also insert in "type".

Seyeong Jeong · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-02 22:38:23Z

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Do you mean something like this?

HTML:

<input type="checkbox" name="type[]" value="wash"/><label>Wash</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="type[]" value="no_wash"/><label>No wash</label>
Other type:
<input type="text" name="other_type"/>

PHP:

if (!empty($_REQUEST['other_type']))
    $_REQUEST['type'][] = $_REQUEST['other_type'];
var_dump($_REQUEST['type']);

answered Dec 2, 2011 at 22:38

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tom · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-02 23:28:21Z

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First of all you should better use radio buttons instead of checkboxes. Then you could do the following

<input type="radio" name="type" value="wash"/><label>Wash</label>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="no_wash"/><label>No wash</label>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="other"/><label>Other</label>
<input type="text" name="other_type"/>

Your PHP would then look like this:

if ($_REQUEST["type"] == "wash"){
    echo "Wash me please";
}else if ($_REQUEST["type"] == "no_wash"){
    echo "no wash";
}else if ($_REQUEST["type"] == "other"){
    echo "you want to ".$_REQUEST["other_type"];
}

If you use JS you could even disable the textbox unless the user selects the third option.

Edit: If I got your comment right it would be the easiest like this:

<input type="checkbox" name="wash_me"/><label>Wash your car?</label>
<input type="text" name="other"/><label>What else can we do for you?</label>

PHP

if (isset($_REQUEST["wash_me"]){
    echo "wash my car please";
}
if (strlen($_REQUEST["other"]) != 0){
    echo "and do the following: ".$_REQUEST["other"];
}

edited Dec 2, 2011 at 23:28

answered Dec 2, 2011 at 22:22

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mseancole Over a year ago

Beat me to it :) Would only add that you might want to enable/disable the input based on the value of the other radio.

AAA Over a year ago

I need checkbox to enable selection of multiple fields.

mseancole Over a year ago

Just change it back to a checkbox then. It shouldn't change anything.

tom Over a year ago

Sorry, i didn't get it right, is the wash/no wash just an example?

tom Over a year ago

So you want that the user chooses wether he wants his car washed and then what else he wants to have done, right?

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