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How to get checkbox value in controller codeigniter?, - Senior Code - 05-29-2019
This is the view
</div>
<div>
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" value="1"><label>Abarrotes</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" value="2"><label>Frutas y verduras</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" value="3"><label>Cárnicos</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" value="4"><label>Barismo</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" value="5"><label>Limpieza</label>
</div>
</div>
This is the controller
$this->form_validation->set_rules('category[]', 'Category', 'required');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == TRUE) {
$data = array(
'category' => $this->input->post('category[]'),
);
RE: get checkbox value in controller codeigniter - ciadmin - 05-29-2019
I don't see a question in your post, or any indication of what might be going wrong??
RE: get checkbox value in controller codeigniter - Senior Code - 05-29-2019
(05-29-2019, 03:25 PM)ciadmin Wrote: I don't see a question in your post, or any indication of what might be going wrong??
Sorry and thank you.
RE: How to get checkbox value in controller codeigniter?, - donpwinston - 05-29-2019
I think
'category' => $this->input->post('category[]'),
should be
'category' => $this->input->post('category'),
RE: How to get checkbox value in controller codeigniter?, - Senior Code - 05-29-2019
(05-29-2019, 04:48 PM)donpwinston Wrote: I think
'category' => $this->input->post('category[]'),
should be
'category' => $this->input->post('category'),
I did it that way but it did not work, thanks.
RE: How to get checkbox value in controller codeigniter?, - InsiteFX - 05-30-2019
Do a var_dump to see what is there.
PHP Code:
var_dump($data['category']);
Also note that if a checkbox is not checked it has no value at all.
RE: How to get checkbox value in controller codeigniter?, - dave friend - 05-30-2019
(05-30-2019, 03:55 AM)InsiteFX Wrote: Also note that if a checkbox is not checked it has no value at all.
Unchecked boxes have no value and are not sent to the server. Given 5 checkboxes, if only two are checked then the return from $this->input->post('category') will be an array with two items. If no boxes are checked the return from $this->input->post('category') would be null.