CakePHP only selecting last checkbox in a loop - php

Question

I found other people that had the same problem when trying to select multiple checkboxes, only the last one is selected. Here is one and here is another.
People have suggested using options like this
echo $this->Form->input('video',array('options'=> array('Value 1'=>'Label 1',
'Value 2'=>'Label 2',
'Value 3'=>'Label 3'
),
'multiple' => 'checkbox'
));
I don't think either of these answer my question. My checkboxes are generated in a loop, but everyone suggested using "options" to set the values. I have no idea how many checkboxes are going to be generated so I don't see how this would work.
<table>
<?
echo $this->Form->create(null,array(
'onsubmit'=>'return confirm("Are you sure you want to archive?'));
?>
<th>Order ID</th><th>Order Date</th><th>Order Total</th><th>Status</th><th>View</th><th>Select to Archive</th>
<?php foreach ($orders as $order):
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $order['Order']['orderid'];?> </td>
<td><?php echo $formatted_date." ".$time; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $order['Order']['total'];?> </td>
<td><?php echo $order['Order']['order_status'];?> </td>
<td><a href="/orders/details/<?php echo $order['Order']['orderid']; ?>"/>View Order</a> </td>
<td><? echo $this->Form->checkbox('archive_value', array('hiddenField' => false, 'value' => $order['Order']['orderid'])); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</table>
<?php //options for the archiving values
$archive_options = array(
'selected' => 'Archive Selected Orders',
'filled' => 'Archive All Filled Orders',
);
?>
<table class = "table_order_status">
<tr>
<td>
<?
echo $this->Form->input('archive_values', array('options' => $archive_options, 'value' => $select_value, 'name' => 'archive'));
?>
</td>
<td>
<?
echo $this->Form->end(__('Submit'));
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?

Answer 1

Try appending a period to the end of the input element's name, i.e. video. (derived from this forum post). This will apparently cause the elements to adopt the array name style notation, e.g. video[], though it might be Model.video[]. In any case, this should allow you to receive all of the checked values back in the form data.