Using php to check checkboxes based on past user preferences? - php

Question

I'm trying to check checkboxes based on previous user preferences that are stored in a CSV, but it is only running checking the first index in the CSV and skipping the rest. In the following code below if I pass it a CSV of "Sports, Lowkey, Wine" I want it to check those three on page load but it is only checking Sports
$typeArray = array(
"1" => "Sports",
"2" => "College",
"3" => "Pub",
"4" => "Night Club",
"5" => "Lowkey",
"6" => "Wine",
"7" => "Craft Beer",
);
$Sports="";
$College="";
$Pub="";
$NightClub="";
$Lowkey="";
$Wine="";
$CraftBeer="";
$string = "Sports, Lowkey, Wine";
$csv = str_getcsv($string, ", ");
for($i=0; $i<count($csv); $i++){
$index = array_search($csv[$i], $typeArray);
if($index == 1){
$Sports = "checked";
}
if($index == 2){
$College = "checked";
}
if($index == 3){
$Pub = "checked";
}
if($index == 4){
$NightClub = "checked";
}
if($index == 5){
$Lowkey = "checked";
}
if($index == 6){
$Wine = "checked";
}
if($index == 7){
$CraftBeer = "checked";
}
unset($index);
}
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[1]\" value=\"Sports\"" . $Sports . ">Sports ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[2]\" value=\"College\"" . $College . ">College ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[3]\" value=\"Pub\"" . $Pub . ">Pub ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[4]\" value=\"Night Club\"" . $NightClub . ">Night Club ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[5]\" value=\"Lowkey\"" . $Lowkey . ">Lowkey<br> ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[6]\" value=\"Wine\"" . $Wine . ">Wine ";
echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Type[7]\" value=\"Craft Beer\"" . $CraftBeer . ">Craft Beer<br> ";

Answer 1

exchange this line
$index = array_search($csv[$i], $typeArray);
with this:
$index = array_search(trim($csv[$i]), $typeArray);

Answer 2

When you do a var_dump of $csv you will notice that there is a space before Lowkey and Wine:
array(3) {
[0]=> string(6) "Sports"
[1]=> string(7) " Lowkey"
[2]=> string(5) " Wine"
}
So your array_search will fail.
According to the manual, the delimiter in str_get_csv can be only one character. You can use explode or trim instead.
$csv = explode(', ', $string);
// or
$index = array_search(trim($csv[$i]), $typeArray);