naming the field for checkbox

Question

hi i want to name each checkbox field and display when selected any one of them. i have problem naming them. is this the right code ?

       <div class="form-group">
             <div class="checkbox">
                <label>
                  <p><b> Services Interested </b></p>  
                    <input type="checkbox" name="service"> Wordpress </br>
                    <input type="checkbox" name="service"> SEO </br>
                    <input type="checkbox"  name="service"> PHP
                </label>
             </div>
       </div>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '14 at 10:41

You cannot give them all the same name; the browser would not be able to tell the difference between them. You'll have to give each one a unique name. Only Radiobuttons have the same name, because only one can ever be set. (It uses the matching name to determine which ones to disable when you click another with the same name)

Every other input element requires a unique name for each.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '14 at 10:42

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You can use the below name for all the checkboxes:

name="service[]"

answered Dec 03 '14 at 10:42

Pankaj Goyal

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what does an array have to do with naming ? – Dec 03 '14 at 10:59
See this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4688880/html-element-array-name-something-or-name-something – Pankaj Goyal Dec 03 '14 at 11:03

naming the field for checkbox

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