Javascript: // Check document.getElementById(“checkbox”).checked = true; // Uncheck document.getElementById(“checkbox”).checked = false; jQuery (1.6+): // Check $(“#checkbox”).prop(“checked”, true); // Uncheck $(“#checkbox”).prop(“checked”, false); jQuery (1.5-): // Check $(“#checkbox”).attr(“checked”, true); // Uncheck $(“#checkbox”).attr(“checked”, false);
Yes, standard behaviour is the value is only sent if the checkbox is checked. This typically means you need to have a way of remembering what checkboxes you are expecting on the server side since not all the data comes back from the form. The default value is always “on”, this should be consistent across … Read more
you can use this: <input type=”checkbox” onclick=”return false;”/> This works because returning false from the click event stops the chain of execution continuing.
checked is a boolean property, so you can directly use it in an if condition <script type=”text/javascript”> function validate() { if (document.getElementById(‘remember’).checked) { alert(“checked”); } else { alert(“You didn’t check it! Let me check it for you.”); } } </script>
If your HTML page looks like this: <input type=”checkbox” name=”test” value=”value1″> After submitting the form you can check it with: isset($_POST[‘test’]) or if ($_POST[‘test’] == ‘value1’) …
I edited my answer so the common information is located at the top. You’ll find the actual answer to this question at the bottom… Here’s the actual idea and process of recycling so you might figure out what is wrong with your implementation and idea of getView (and maybe others too when they will find … Read more
Set the name in the form to check_list[] and you will be able to access all the checkboxes as an array($_POST[‘check_list’][]). Here’s a little sample as requested: <form action=”test.php” method=”post”> <input type=”checkbox” name=”check_list[]” value=”value 1″> <input type=”checkbox” name=”check_list[]” value=”value 2″> <input type=”checkbox” name=”check_list[]” value=”value 3″> <input type=”checkbox” name=”check_list[]” value=”value 4″> <input type=”checkbox” name=”check_list[]” value=”value 5″> … Read more
$(‘#’ + id).is(“:checked”) That gets if the checkbox is checked. For an array of checkboxes with the same name you can get the list of checked ones by: var $boxes = $(‘input[name=thename]:checked’); Then to loop through them and see what’s checked you can do: $boxes.each(function(){ // Do stuff here with this }); To find how … Read more
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