Laravel Array to Input checkbox true or false value - php

Question

Hi I have a row of data where I will like to allow the users to click on a checkbox on/off the data for use. I have read up on https://stackoverflow.com/a/43995087/14936674 answer and it is working fine, except that my checkbox value can only be update if it is checked. If I want to uncheck the box and update it, there will be no update done to it. Currently I have tested out just by updating the checkbox, however it will update and uncheck all of my data.
Below are my blade.php
<tbody>
#foreach($operatinghrs as $i => $operatinghr)
<tr id="{{ $operatinghr->{'opID'} }}">
<td>
<input type="hidden" name="operatinghrs[{{ $i }}][opID]" value="{{ $operatinghr->{'opID'} }}">{{ $operatinghr->{'day'} }}
</td>
<td>
<input type="time" id="start_time" name="operatinghrs[{{ $i }}][start_time]" min="00:00" max="23:59" value="{{ display24HTime(old('start_time', $operatinghr->start_time))}}">
</td>
<td>
<input type="time" id="end_time" name="operatinghrs[{{ $i }}][end_time]" min="00:00" max="23:59" value="{{ display24HTime(old('end_time', $operatinghr->end_time))}}">
</td>
<td>
<div class="switch">
<input type="checkbox" id="clinic_open" name="operatinghrs[{{ $i }}][clinic_open]" class="switch-input" value="1" {{ old('clinic_open', $operatinghr->clinic_open=="true") ? 'checked="checked"' : '' }}/>
<div class="circle"></div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
Below are the codes in my controller class:
public function update(Request $request)
{
foreach($request->get('operatinghrs', []) as $operatinghr) {
$db = new OperatingHour();
$db->where('opID', $operatinghr['opID'])->where('clinic_id', '=', $_SESSION['clinic_ID'])
->update(
[
'clinic_open' => $request->input('clinic_open') ? true : false,
]
);
}
return back()->with('success_message', 'Details updated successfully!');
}

Answer 1

If you want to only update where $operatinghr['clinic_open'] value is true condition.
Consider this from MDN:
If a checkbox is unchecked when its form is submitted, there is no value submitted to the server to represent its unchecked state (e.g. value=unchecked); the value is not submitted to the server at all. If you wanted to submit a default value for the checkbox when it is unchecked, you could include an inside the form with the same name and value, generated by JavaScript perhaps.
Also you must access clinic_open value over $operatinghr as $operatinghr['clinic_open'] for specific entry. Not as $request->input('clinic_open')
So solution must like that:
// Get all Operating values.
$operatinghrs = $request->get('operatinghrs', []);
/*
* Filter values with clinic_open criteria.
* Checkbox values are only present when is checked.
* So isset control work for us.
*/
$operatingsForUpdate = array_filter($operatinghrs, function($op){
return isset($op['clinic_open']); // return only has clinic_open value.
});
// Loop for only for update operatings.
foreach($operatingsForUpdate as $operatinghr) {
// Update specific entry which contain clinic_open value is true.
}

Answer 2

Working with checkbox is always tricky, the default values of a checkbox are on and off, but if the checkbox is unchecked it won't appear in request data.
So you need to validate if the checkbox exists in request before try to update, and if not, save a string 'off' in the database or don't save anything and set a default value ('off') for that field, when you retrieve the data in the edit/update form, all the checkbox with 'off' value will be unchecked.
Using the has method on the $request, like this:
if($request->has('clinic_open')) {
foreach($request->get('operatinghrs', []) as $operatinghr) {
$db = new OperatingHour();
$db->where('opID', $operatinghr['opID'])->where('clinic_id', $_SESSION['clinic_ID'])
->update(['clinic_open' => $request->input('clinic_open')]);
}
}
Some advices:
Avoid using the '=' condition on where methods, laravel asummes it, save time and space.
Remove the value='1' of the checkbox, leave some work to the browser and do less.