If checkbox with label is checked, submit form

Question

I cant seem to get my php script to recognize that the checkbox in my form is checked.

I want to accomplish this:

If checkbox is checked, the php script should submit to my DB.

PHP:

<?php
if (!empty($_POST['approve_student'])) {

  if (isset($_POST['approve'])) {

        //submit

      } else {

        //do nothing
    }
  }
?>

FORM:

<input class="checkbox" name="approve" type="checkbox" id="approve">  

<label name="approve" for="approve"><span><div data-textbox="1" ></div></span></label>

<input  class='button_submit_2' name="approve_student" type="submit" value='Submit'>

NOTES:

Im using Jquery to keep checkbox checked during session.
Im using CSS to customize checkbox.
I dont know if these two might corrupt anything.
Hope u can help.

It actually works for me. Are you sure that the error might not be in the !empty($_POST['approve_student']) ? try to take the isset($_POST['approve']) outside it and check if it works! — briosheje, Oct 09 '13 at 10:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '13 at 10:11

If the checkbox isn't checked then the value shouldn't be coming through in the first place, so this should work;

if(isset($_POST["testvariabel"])){
   //whatever you wanna do here
}

or if it's always coming through...

Change the markup to something like this, setting a value property

<input type="checkbox" class='form' onclick="this.value=!this.value" value=true name="checkbox[]" /> and to get the values submitted, use a simple loop

if($_POST['checkbox'] == 0){
    echo $checkbox . ' ';
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '13 at 10:13

Your code is fine it is working

if (!empty($_POST['approve_student'])) {

    if (isset($_POST['approve'])) {

        echo "Approved";

    } else {

        echo "Not Approved";

    }
}

<form action="index.php" method="post">
<input class="checkbox" name="approve" type="checkbox" id="approve">  
<label name="approve" for="approve"><span><div data-textbox="1" ></div></span></label>
<input  class='button_submit_2' name="approve_student" type="submit" value='Submit'>
</form>

Well, this is embarrising. . Forgot method="post" in my form! Maybe i should call it a day. Anyways thanks for the quick fix :) — Pjust, Oct 09 '13 at 10:22

If checkbox with label is checked, submit form

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