multiple checkboxes

The problem you are describing is probably here:

PHP Code:

if ($db_key = array_search($val, $services)) 


If $val is the first entry in $services, the key is probably 0, so your if() statement evaluates to false and moves on to the else clause. The manual entry for array_search() includes a warning about this behavior: http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-...turnvalues

So, you could rewrite this as:

PHP Code:

$db_key = array_search($val, $services);
if ($db_key !== FALSE) 


or you could do something like this:

PHP Code:

$db_key = array_search($val, $services);
?>
<input type='checkbox' name='service[]' value='<?php echo $key; ?>'<?php echo $db_key === false ? '' : ' checked="checked"'; ?> /> 


or you could use the form helper's form_checkbox() or set_checkbox() functions.
https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/helpe...elper.html

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