form_checkbox and set_checkbox

[eluser]bhumes[/eluser]
set_checkbox returns ' checked="checked"' or an empty string, which is no good for us, as form_checkbox is expecting a boolean. So, I created a replacement function in my helper file. Code is below:

Code:

function set_checkbox($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
{
  if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
  {
   if (count($_POST) === 0 AND $default == TRUE)
   {
    return TRUE;
   }
   return FALSE;
  }

  $field = $_POST[$field];

  if (is_array($field))
  {
   if ( ! in_array($value, $field))
   {
    return FALSE;
   }
  }
  else
  {
   if (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
   {
    return FALSE;
   }
  }

  return TRUE;
}

Basically, I am returning TRUEs and FALSEs instead of the aforementioned strings. Works perfectly. Hope this helps someone..