Unchecked Checkboxes in Codeigniter

Question

Hi all I have a few checkboxes in Codeigniter, eg:

$data = array(
    'name'        => 'newsletter',
    'id'          => 'newsletter',
    'value'       => 'accept',
    'checked'     => TRUE,
    'style'       => 'margin:10px',
    );

echo form_checkbox($data);

eg produces:

<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" id="newsletter" value="accept" checked="checked" style="margin:10px" />

is there a way that I can check in codeigniter whether the box has been selected or not in my controller? if I use $this->input->post('newsletter') and the box has been selected will the value be false? if so how can I run form validation on the data?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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$data = $this->input->post('newsletter') gives you the value of the checkbox that was selected.

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Apr 13 '14 at 20:58

Vagabond

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '14 at 21:15

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the checkbox value is empty when this component is unchecked, you want see the data use:

print_r($_POST)

you can see all the string passed in the post method

answered Apr 14 '14 at 21:15

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Unchecked Checkboxes in Codeigniter

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