How to work with dynamic checkboxes? - php

Question

I am using code igniter. For employee i need to select possible services they can perform.i have a field service limitation where i need to store many service id that the employee can perform. my view file where i have service list is
<div class="container top">
<ul class="breadcrumb">
<li>
<a href="http://localhost/elfanto/elfanto_billing/admin/employee">
Admin </a>
<span class="divider">/</span>
</li>
<li class="active">
Service </li>
</ul>
<div class="row">
<div class="span12 columns">
<div >
<?php
$attributes = array('class' => 'form-inline reset-margin', 'id' => 'myform');
$options_manufacture = array(0 => "all");
foreach ($category as $row)
{
$options_manufacture[$row['id']] = $row['name'];
}
//save the columns names in a array that we will use as filter
$options_products = array();
foreach ($service as $array) {
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
$options_products[$key] = $key;
}
break;
}
echo form_open('admin/employee', $attributes);
?>
</div>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="header">Service id</th>
<th class="yellow header headerSortDown">Service name </th>
<th class="green header">Service catogary</th>
<th class="red header">Service tax</th>
<th class="red header">Service length</th>
<th class="red header">Service price</th>
<th class="red header">Actions</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
foreach($service as $row)
{
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>'.$row['id'].'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$row['service_name'].'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$row['category'].'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$row['service_tax'].'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$row['service_length'].'</td>';
echo '<td>'.$row['service_price'].'</td>';
echo '<td class="crud-actions">
<input type="checkbox" value=""/>
</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
?>
</tbody>
</table>
<?php echo '<div class="pagination">'.$this->pagination->create_links().'</div>'; ?>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Save changes</button>
<button class="btn" type="reset">Cancel</button>
</div>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
here i have multiple check boxes when i choose the check box i need to get the id value and update the employee service limitation field with 4 or more id

Answer 1

You can use input arrays -
<input type="checkbox" value="'.$row['id'].'" name="services[]"/>
And store it in database as json string.