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Thread began 4/23/2010 12:07 pm by scanlan27458 | Last modified 6/18/2010 12:21 pm by Jason Byrnes | 3989 views | 17 replies |

scanlan27458

radio buttons

I have customized a form and added radio buttons.
When the radio buttons are filled in, yes or no,
and the submit button is clicked and the form doesn't send,
the filled in radio button results disappear.
If a person sends again, the radio button value gets lost.
Is there a way to get the radio buttons to stay filled in like the textfields do?
Url of the form is:
contactus.php
Thanks,
I've been staring at this for hours

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

your radio buttons don't have a checked value.


for a radio button to be able to maintain state, it must have a checked value, this is the value that will be sent if it is checked.


In design view, select the radio button.

In the property inspector, enter a checked value.

Now click the Dynamic Button. Click the lightning bolt next to select value equal to and select the radio button from the data binding list.

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scanlan27458

checkboxes

Thanks for the info about radio buttons, that worked.
I have finished this rather long and complicatd form and have set up several groups of checkboxes.
The checkboxes are not sending correctly, only one selections sends at a time, and we want all selections to send at once.

Same form:
contactusNew.php

Please advise,

Thanks

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

to send multiple values with check boxes, you need to make sure the name of the check box ends in "[]"


fro example:<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Drop-In Visits" id="Services_1" />

this creates an array to hold all of the cehcked values, to output the array in the email, you will need to use the implode function:


<?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?implode(", ", $_POST["Services"]):"") ?>

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scanlan27458

<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Neighborhood Walks" id="Services_0" /><?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?implode(", ", $_POST["Services"]):"") ?>
Neighborhood Walks</label>
<br /><label>
<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Drop-In Visits" id="Services_1" /><?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?implode(", ", $_POST["Services"]):"") ?>
Drop-In Visits</label>

I have the above and I am getting this in the email: Services: Array

What am I doing wrong. Appreciate your feedback.
Thanks,
Gail

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

in the email massage, you need to alter the code that outputs the form element:

php:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?$_POST["Services"]:""?>




to use the implode function to convert the array to a comma seperated listed:

php:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?implode(", "$_POST["Services"]):""?>
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scanlan27458

checkbox array

Sorry Jason, I am completely confused.
Here are three checkboxes in an array. Do you add code to these three separate elements of the array?
And then code in the head section of the html form?
Which code goes where?

<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Neighborhood Walks" id="Services_0" />
Neighborhood Walks</label>
<br /><label>
<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Drop-In Visits" id="Services_1" />
Drop-In Visits</label>
<br /><label>
<input type="checkbox" name="Services[]" value="Trail or Off-leash Walks" id="Services_2" />
Trail or Off-leash Walks</label>

Thanks in advance for your help, Gail

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

the only modification that needs to happen to the form is adding "[]" to the name of the element to create the array.

In universal email, you need to modify the email message.



to get the value of the form element into the email, it will use the following code:

php:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?$_POST["Services"]:""?>




this code in the email message needs to be modified to convert the array to a string using implode function:

php:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["Services"]))?implode(", "$_POST["Services"]):""?>
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scanlan27458

I don't see that code in universal email so I can't replace it.
Please advise, the form still is not sending the checkbox array.
the form is at the following url:
contactusNew.php

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

please send a copy of your page and the webassist directory and I will help you find the code that needs to be replaced.

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