how to add up values from checkboxes in php - php

Question

for training purposes i've made a little code which outputs the value of a checkbox. this works well, but since i am able to check multiple checkboxes i want them to add up. this is my code;
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%>
<form name="orderform" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="korting" value=15 /> Student 15% <br>
<input type="checkbox" name="korting" value=10 /> Senior 10% <br>
<input type="checkbox" name="korting" value=5 /> Klant 5% <br>
To output the value ive written;
<?php
if(isset($_POST["korting"]))
{
if($_POST["korting"]==15)
{
echo ("15 procent korting");
}
else if ($_POST["korting"]==10)
{
echo ("10 procent korting");
}
else if($_POST["korting"]==5)
{
echo ("5 procent korting");
}
else if(isset($_POST["korting"]) && (isset($_POST["korting"])))
{
if($_POST["korting"]==25)
{
echo ("25 procent korting");
}
}
}
?>
As long as one checkbox is checked, everything works fine. as soon as is check more than one it only uses the last one. I've tried multiple thing like:
else if(isset($_POST["korting"]) && (isset($_POST["korting"]))
{
echo ("25 procent korting");
}
and
else if($_POST["korting"=15] && $_POST["korting"]=10)
{
echo ("25 procent korting");
}
both do not give an error on the page but also don't work. I know it's probably better to use completely different approach but for now this is how the book teaches me
Greetings,
Lennart

Answer 1

What you need is an array. The checkboxes would look like this:
<input type="checkbox" name="korting[]" value="15" />
<input type="checkbox" name="korting[]" value="10" />
$_POST['korting'] would then be an array of values, like this:
array(
0 => 15,
1 => 10
)
You can loop through them to print out the values:
foreach ($_POST['korting'] as $korting_value) {
echo $korting_value . "<BR>";
}
If you want to add up the values, you can use array_sum:
echo array_sum($_POST['korting']);