Laravel 5.2, error on empty array - php

Simple situation. Multiple checkboxes:
<input name="check1[]" type="checkbox" class="magic-checkbox" value="value1_1"/>
<input name="check1[]" type="checkbox" class="magic-checkbox" value="value1_2"/>
<input name="check2[]" type="checkbox" class="magic-checkbox" value="value2_1"/>
<input name="check2[]" type="checkbox" class="magic-checkbox" value="value2_2"/>
It saves, and than i make a check if checkbox checked. Array in controller:
$checkboxes_array = array_merge($ch->check1, $ch->check2);
So, if "check2" checkboxes are not checked - i get an error:
ErrorException in adFormController.php line 70:
How to fix it?

Basically at some point you need to check if the request has the input with that name. In this case:
if(!isset(request('check1')){
$ch->check1 = [0,0];
}
if(!isset(request('check2')){
$ch->check2 = [0,0];
}
The way you checked them is prone to braking, because, in your case, $ch->check2 is not set. Try dumping dd($ch->check2) before the array_merge.

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Checkbox and MySQL database with PHP

I've got a problem.
I don't know how to put the value of my checkbox in my MySQL database with PHP.
So :
<input type="checkbox" name="checkiard" value="IARD">
How to put the value "IARD" in my database ONLY if the checkbox is check ?
Thank you guys.
You can access the value of checkbox as any other input types. Its simply
if(isset($_POST['checkiard'])) {
$optionArray = implode(",", $_POST["checkiard"]);
}
Try this.
If you have more than one checkbox then you markup should be something like this
<input type="checkbox" name="checkiard[]" value="IARD-1">
<input type="checkbox" name="checkiard[]" value="IARD-2">
<input type="checkbox" name="checkiard[]" value="IARD-3">
you must keep the name same for all the checkbox.

checkboxes in php form doesn't work

How can I use the conditional OR in a form with isset?
I have this but it does not work.
FORM HTML:
...
<input type="checkbox" name="carga1">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga2">
...
and the PHP
$cargas=array($_POST['carga1'],$_POST['carga2'],$_POST['carga3'],
$_POST['carga4'],$_POST['carga5'],$_POST['carga6'],
$_POST['carga7'],$_POST['carga8'],$_POST['carga9'],
$_POST['carga10'],$_POST['carga11'],$_POST['carga12'],
$_POST['carga13'],$_POST['carga14'],$_POST['carga15'],
$_POST['carga16'],$_POST['carga17'],$_POST['carga18']);
if(isset($cargas[0]) ││ isset ($cargas[1])){
$cargas[0]=5.62;
$cargas[1]=4.5;
echo "$cargas[0]<br>";
echo "$cargas[1]<br>";
}
i expect that this works but is not.
Only checked checkbox is posted to the server.You have to change your condition using pregmatch and work accordingly.
$postData = $_POST;
foreach ($postData as $key => $value) {
$match = preg_match('|cargas(\d+)|', $key, $matches);
if ($match) {
$index = $matches[1];
if($index == 0 || $index == 1){
// do your stuff which you would have done in case of $cargas[0] ,$cargas[1]
}
}
}
I think array is not Suitable way to do this try following
try this
<input type="checkbox" name="carga1">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga2">
.....................................
<input type="submit" name="submit">
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
//
$category1=$_POST['carga1'];
$category2=$_POST['carga2'];
$category3=$_POST['carga3'];
if(isset($category1) ││ isset ($category2)){
$category1=5.62;
$category2=4.5;
echo "$category1<br>";
echo "$category2<br>";
}
}
?>
only the checked checkboxes get posted. so it needs slightly different appraoch.
You can acheive it like this-
put a hidden input with the same name as the checkbox that might not be checked. I think it works so that if the checkbox isn't checked, the hidden input is still successful and sent to the server but if the checkbox is checked it will override the hidden input before it. This way you don't have to keep track of which values in the posted data were expected to come from checkboxes.
<form>
<input type='hidden' id='testName' value='0' name='carga1'>
<input type='checkbox' id='testNameHidden' value='1' name='carga1'>
</form>
Before submitting the form , disabled the hidden field based on the checked condition.
<script>
if(document.getElementById("testName").checked){
document.getElementById('testNameHidden').disabled = true;
}
</script>
I personally think its the easiest approach for this.
ok, check boxes in html works as follows,
<input type="checkbox" name="carga1" value="1">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga2" value="123">
in php,
if the check box is in checked state during the submission, you will get
isset($_POST['carga1']) as true, else the form element would not be available in post data, hence false.
and in cheked state you will get value for
$_POST['carga1'] as 1 and
$_POST['carga2'] as 123
and if you want to group the check boxes in form you can use a single name for multiple check boxes and different values,
<input type="checkbox" name="carga[]" value="1">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga[]" value="2">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga[]" value="3">
<input type="checkbox" name="carga[]" value="4">
and in php you will get an array of selected values of the check boxes
$arr=$_POST['carga'];
and you can use foreach to iterate through the values,,,

Get several checkboxes id's after submission

I have code similar to the following:
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty" value="1" id="visit-0">
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty" value="1" id="visit-1">
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty" value="1" id="visit-2">
...
Once the form is submitted I want to get checked checkboxes, so far I've been using
if (isset($_POST['visitProperty']) {..}
But to my understanding it only gets one checkbox? Where as I need to check all of them and see if they were checked, so inside the if statement I can create a loop that gets id's of all submitted checkboxes and then gets the number from id, to update a certain array.
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty[]" value="1" id="visit-0">
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty[]" value="2" id="visit-1">
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty[]" value="3" id="visit-2">
<?php
foreach($_POST['visitProperty'] as $check) {
echo $check . "<br>"; // for example
}
?>
NOTE: $_POST['visitProperty'] will hold checked checkbox values. You will access all the checkboxs as an array as following $_POST['visitProperty'][]
When you put in the name, you are declaring a variable. You need to declare it as an array, or each checkbox will bump out the last one. Add some empty square brackets to the name.
You would need or defined ID or a unique value, otherwise you will not be able to identify them on the server-side (the ID does not get sent in $_POST).
So in case of a unique, identifyable ID, you could do something like:
<input type="checkbox" name="visitProperty[<?php // echo some unique id from a database for example ?>]" value="1" id="visit-0">
The reason you would need the ID to be identifyable, is that unchecked checkboxes do not get sent to the server, so you might end up with an array of 2 if visitProperty is an array, but you would not know which 2.

How to validate multi-checkbox state?

I am using position absolute's validation engine for my form. I would like to check whether at least one checkbox from group is selected. In examples it is done by setting the same name attribute for group of checkboxes.
I cannot name checkboxes with the same name, because I am saving their state in database with following code:
$values = array(
'checkbox1' => null,
'checkbox2' => null
);
foreach (array_intersect_key($_POST, $values) as $key => $value) {
$values[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
}
$query_add_candidate=sprintf("INSERT INTO dbase (checkbox1, checkbox2) VALUES ('$values[checkbox1]', '$dates[checkbox2]')"
Now checkbox1 and checkbox2 are validated individually, beacuse they have different names. How can I check if selected is at least one of them?
Here is my HTML code:
<input class="validate[minCheckbox[1]] checkbox" type="checkbox" name="checkbox1" id="maxcheck1" value="1"/> Text1
<input class="validate[minCheckbox[1]] checkbox" type="checkbox" name="checkbox2" id="maxcheck2" value="2"/> Text2
on php ,
if(!$_POST['checkbox1'] && !$_POST['checkbox2']){
echo 'Error check at least one';
}
but what you really want is an array,
HTML,
<input type="checkbox" value="ch1" name="check[]" />
<input type="checkbox" value="ch2" name="check[]" />
php
<?php
if(empty($_POST['check'])){
echo 'Error: hey, check at least one will you!?';
}
?>
so this way you don't have to check all of them one by one, especially if you have loads of them on the same page.
NOTICE: You should also know, if checkbox is not ticked it will also not be set on the php $_POST superglobal, otherwise if it is ticked, it will show whatever the value="..." holds,
if its posted then its checked,
so if you have it in $_POST["checkbox_name"] then its checked, otherwise it wont be posted.
You can either add loads of code to reimplement control arrays in a poor way, or you can alter the code that builds your query so it can accept control arrays.
I would prefer the latter.

kohana parse $_POST data

i have a kohana application, and i have a form with several checkboxes, and the user is supposed to check his preferences there in the form. so i have a relation 1:n between the user table and the preferences table. my problem is that i want to save those preferences, selected in the form, and i don;t know how.
i have the form:
<form id="address" method="POST" action="<?= Route::url('Save user preferences' , array('user_id' => $user));?>">
<? foreach ($prefered_products as $pp): ?>
<input type="checkbox" name="user_preferences_preference[]" value="<?= $pp ?>" /><?= $pp->product; ?><br />
<? endforeach; ?>
<button type="submit">Salveaza preferintele tale</button>
</form>
and i save the data:
foreach ($_POST['user_preferences_preference'] as $up) {
$user_preferences->prefered = $up;
$user_preferences->user = $this->user;
$user_preferences->save();
}
$this->view->message = __('Thank you for your feedback!');
but seems like the way i parse the preferences is not correct, i am getting: ErrorException [ Warning ]: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
any idea about how am i supposed to get the multiple $_post preferences?
thank you!
I have a slightly different way of doing this.
When I create a checkbox I also create an identical hidden field set to zero
<input type="hidden" name="my_check" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="my_check" value="$value" />
The checkbox, if ticked, will override the hidden value. This way when you send the form you end up with $_POST['checkbox]=1 or 0, but it always exists in the $_POST.
The nice thing about this method is you can extend the Form::checkbox helper so that it's always present and you don't have to worry about it for every form / controller.
p.s. in you above example you would probably want to do it like this:
<input type="hidden" name="user_preferences_preference[$pp->id]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="user_preferences_preference[$pp->id]" value="<?= $pp ?>" />
<?= $pp->product; ?><br />
Or use a $key value instead of $pp->id.
The problem is that a checkbox will only post data when set. You should reverse check the values. Ie;
Fetch all preference (id's) from the database
Check if a value is found in the $_POST var
If not, update to false (or 0 or whatever) in db, if set, read out the value.

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