How to get values of checkbox array in Laravel 5? - php

Question

I created checkboxes in form using javascript:
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" />
When I check 1st and 3rd checkbox and submit the form, Input::get("is_ok") returns me:
['on', 'on']
Is there any way to get value as ['on', null, 'on'] or ['on', 'off', 'on']?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hey assign some values to checkboxes like user_id, product_id etc what ever in your application.
E.g. View
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" value="2" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" value="3" />
E.g. Controller
<?php
if(isset($_POST['is_ok'])){
if (is_array($_POST['is_ok'])) {
foreach($_POST['is_ok'] as $value){
echo $value;
}
} else {
$value = $_POST['is_ok'];
echo $value;
}
}
?>
You will get array of selected checkbox.
Hope it helps..

Answer 2

I think I have a "good" solution to this (kind of).
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[0]" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[1]" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[2]" />
(Forced indices here)
In the request:
$array = \Request::get("is_ok") + array_fill(0,3,0);
ksort($array);
This will ensure that (a) The checkbox indices are maintained as expected. (b) the gaps are filled when the request is received.
It's sloppy but may work.

Answer 3

IMHO this is the best practice:
In your migration set that db table field to boolean and default 0
$table->boolean->('is_ok')->default(0);
{!! Form::checkbox('is_ok[]', false, isset($model->checkbox) ? : 0) !!}
and if you are not using laravel collective for forms then you can use vanilla php
<input type="checkbox" name="is_ok[]" value="<?php isset($model->checkbox) ? : 0; ?>" />

Answer 4

My solution is this for laravel 5
$request->get('is_ok[]');

Answer 5

Though it might not be best practice, here is what I did first of all I send id of a specific model as a value.
<input type="checkbox" id="verify" name="is_varified[]" value="{{$bank->id}}" {{$bank->is_varified == 1 ? 'checked':''}}>
And in controller I added two query to update the field.
//handaling the issue of checkbox
Bank::where("user_id",$user->id)->whereIn('id',$request->is_varified)->update(['is_varified'=> 1]);
Bank::where("user_id",$user->id)->whereNotIn('id',$request->is_varified)->update(['is_varified'=> 0]);