Checked Checkbox Not Working? - php

Question

I have an HTML form that posts to a PHP script. Everything is working except the checkbox. When it is checked, the value is not being posted.
HTML:
<input name="test" id="checkbox-02" type="checkbox" value="1" />
PHP:
if(!isset($_POST['test'])) {
$eventRepeat="No";
}
if(isset($_POST['test'])) {
$eventRepeat="Yes";
}
When this code runs, $eventRepeat always comes out as "No." I tried using the command "print_r($_POST)" and all inputs are posted except the checkbox, even when it is checked.
Any ideas what could cause this? I do have jQuery running so when it is checked two divs appear. Could that somehow be interfering? Here's the jQuery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#checkbox-02').change(function () {
if (!this.checked)
// ^
$('#repeatUntilDIV').fadeIn('slow');
$('#repeatFrequencyDIV').fadeIn('slow');
});
});
For reference, here is the full code:
<form class="cmxform form-horizontal tasi-form" id="commentForm" role="form" action="" method="post">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventTitle" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Event Title</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEventTitle" name="inputEventTitle" placeholder="Event Title" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventDescription" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Description</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEventTitle" name="inputEventDescription" placeholder="Event Description" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventStartTime" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Start Time</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventStartTime" class="form-control" id="dp1" required>
<option label="Start Time">
<option value="12:00AM">12:00AM</option>
<option value="12:15AM">12:15AM</option>
<option value="12:30AM">12:30AM</option>
<option value="12:45AM">12:45AM</option>
<option value="1:00AM">1:00AM</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventEndTime" class="col-lg-2 control-label">End Time</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventEndTime" class="form-control" id="dp1" required>
<option label="End Time">
<option value="1:00AM">1:00AM</option>
<option value="1:15AM">1:15AM</option>
<option value="1:30AM">1:30AM</option>
<option value="1:45AM">1:45AM</option>
<option value="2:00AM">2:00AM</option>
</select> </div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-sm-2">Date</label>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<input id="dp1" name="inputEventDate" type="text" size="16" class="form-control" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventDate" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat?</label>
<div class="col-lg-10 checkboxes">
<label class="label_check" for="checkbox-02"> </label>
<input name="test" id="checkbox-02" type="checkbox" value="1" /> Yes, I want to repeat this event.
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group" id="repeatUntilDIV" style="display:none;">
<label for="inputEventEndDate" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat Until</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input name="inputEventEndDate" id="eventEndDate" type="text" placeholder="End Date" class="form-control">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group" id="repeatFrequencyDIV" style="display:none;">
<label for="inputEventFrequency" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat Every</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventFrequency" class="form-control" id="dp1">
<option label="Repeat Every">
<option value="1">Repeat Every Day</option>
<option value="2">Repeat Every Other Day</option>
<option value="7">Repeat Every Week</option>
<option value="14">Repeat Every Other Week</option>
<option value="30">Repeat Every Month</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
<input type="submit" name="addPrimaryEvent" class="btn btn-success" value="Submit" />
</form>
I get this from var_dump($_POST):
array(8) {
["inputEventTitle"]=>
string(5) "Title"
["inputEventDescription"]=>
string(11) "Description"
["inputEventStartTime"]=>
string(6) "2:00AM"
["inputEventEndTime"]=>
string(6) "3:00AM"
["inputEventDate"]=>
string(10) "05-26-2014"
["inputEventEndDate"]=>
string(10) "05-29-2014"
["inputEventFrequency"]=>
string(1) "1"
["addPrimaryEvent"]=>
string(6) "Submit"
}

Answer 1

Very unclear why this would not work. But I noticed inconsistencies & imbalance in the HTML tags as well as an empty action="" which is not HTML5 valid. For more details, see this great answer over here.
So I have set it to #. You might want to actually change that to the full filename or path to the PHP script such as action="form.php". Or you could leave it out altogether like this:
<form class="cmxform form-horizontal tasi-form" id="commentForm" role="form" action="#" method="post">
But I prefer to be explicit & recommend the action="form.php" way of handling things. Here is your cleaned up HTML form:
<form class="cmxform form-horizontal tasi-form" id="commentForm" role="form" action="#" method="post">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventTitle" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Event Title</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEventTitle" name="inputEventTitle" placeholder="Event Title" required="" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventDescription" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Description</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEventTitle" name="inputEventDescription" placeholder="Event Description" required="" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventStartTime" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Start Time</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventStartTime" class="form-control" id="dp1" required="">
<option value="12:00AM">
12:00AM
</option>
<option value="12:15AM">
12:15AM
</option>
<option value="12:30AM">
12:30AM
</option>
<option value="12:45AM">
12:45AM
</option>
<option value="1:00AM">
1:00AM
</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventEndTime" class="col-lg-2 control-label">End Time</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventEndTime" class="form-control" id="dp1" required="">
<option value="1:00AM">
1:00AM
</option>
<option value="1:15AM">
1:15AM
</option>
<option value="1:30AM">
1:30AM
</option>
<option value="1:45AM">
1:45AM
</option>
<option value="2:00AM">
2:00AM
</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-sm-2">Date</label>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<input id="dp1" name="inputEventDate" type="text" size="16" class="form-control" required="" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEventDate" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat?</label>
<div class="col-lg-10 checkboxes">
<input name="test" id="checkbox-02" type="checkbox" value="1" /> Yes, I want to repeat this event.
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group" id="repeatUntilDIV" style="display:none;">
<label for="inputEventEndDate" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat Until</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input name="inputEventEndDate" id="eventEndDate" type="text" placeholder="End Date" class="form-control" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group" id="repeatFrequencyDIV" style="display:none;">
<label for="inputEventFrequency" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Repeat Every</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select name="inputEventFrequency" class="form-control" id="dp1">
<option value="1">
Repeat Every Day
</option>
<option value="2">
Repeat Every Other Day
</option>
<option value="7">
Repeat Every Week
</option>
<option value="14">
Repeat Every Other Week
</option>
<option value="30">
Repeat Every Month
</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button> <input type="submit" name="addPrimaryEvent" class="btn btn-success" value="Submit" />
</div>
</form>