checkboxes condition is not working properly

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I'm getting data from this function, now I want checked checkboxes based on my condition and my condition is if I got value roro from db no will be checked if I got Vessel, Containerized yes will be checked.

$getDataForPDF = getDataForPDF($bookingsId, $bookingsLettersDockReceiptId);
if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "Vessel, Containerized") {
     $checkedYes = "checked";
} if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "roro") {
     $checkedNo = "checked";
}

and I'm using this condition in checkboxes

$html .= '<tr>';
     $html .= '<td colspan="3">';
          $html .= '<small>11. TYPE OF MOVE</small> <br />';
          $html .= $getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"];
     $html .= '</td>';

     $html .= '<td colspan="2">';
          $html .= '<small>11a. CONTAINERIZED &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Vessel only)</small> <br/>';
          $html .= '<input type="checkbox" checked="'.$checkedYes.'" name="yes"> Yes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="checkbox" checked="'.$checkedNo.'" name="no"> No';
      $html .= '</td>';
$html .= '</tr>';

my condition is right but not working on checked="checked" condition. What is wrong in my code?

Putting only `checked` attribute without value will make the `checkbox` to be checked anyway. Looks like you've hardcoded here the checked state of your checkboxes. — D4V1D, Mar 27 '15 at 15:57
Also, if this is a `Yes/No` choice, why `checkbox` instead of `radio` buttons? — D4V1D, Mar 27 '15 at 15:58
no its actually checkboxes. Please see my update question I also explan my condition in my question. — user3833682, Mar 27 '15 at 16:00
Is your problem the checkboxes being checked despite your condition? — D4V1D, Mar 27 '15 at 16:03
both of them are not checked. I'm getting `roro` in my db value — user3833682, Mar 27 '15 at 16:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '15 at 16:07

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Could you try?

$getDataForPDF = getDataForPDF($bookingsId, $bookingsLettersDockReceiptId);
if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "Vessel, Containerized") {
     $checkedYes = "checked='checked'";
} elseif($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "roro") {
     $checkedNo = "checked='checked'";
}

Along with:

$html .= '<input type="checkbox" '.$checkedYes.' name="yes"> Yes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="checkbox" '.$checkedNo.' name="no"> No';

I'm not sure it'd solve your problem but that is what you want to do in order the check the checkboxes accordingly to your database info.

Does it help?

answered Mar 27 '15 at 16:07

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What do you mean? What's the problem? – D4V1D Mar 27 '15 at 16:15
i'm checking the problem. – user3833682 Mar 27 '15 at 17:21
So, how does it look? – D4V1D Mar 27 '15 at 18:00
Its not creating checkboxes in PDF – user3833682 Apr 03 '15 at 08:09
its not working for me in TCPDF. TCPDF is not showing checkbox in TCPDF – user3833682 Apr 03 '15 at 08:49
It has to do with TCPDF then. Did the checkbox appear before? – D4V1D Apr 03 '15 at 10:05

rjensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-07T15:24:57.893

The checked property is as simple as adding checked at the end of the tag. For example <input type="checkbox" name="yes" checked> would be a checked box where the absence of checked would be unchecked.

The following code should solve the problem for you:

$checkedYes = '';
$checkedNo = '';
$getDataForPDF = getDataForPDF($bookingsId, $bookingsLettersDockReceiptId);
if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "Vessel, Containerized") {
     $checkedYes = " checked";// note the space before checked
} if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "roro") {
     $checkedNo = " checked";// note the space before checked
}


$html .= '<tr>';
     $html .= '<td colspan="3">';
          $html .= '<small>11. TYPE OF MOVE</small> <br />';
          $html .= $getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"];
     $html .= '</td>';

     $html .= '<td colspan="2">';
          $html .= '<small>11a. CONTAINERIZED &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Vessel only)</small> <br/>';
          $html .= '<input type="checkbox" name="yes"'.$checkedYes.'> Yes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="checkbox"  name="no"'.$checkedNo.'> No';
      $html .= '</td>';
$html .= '</tr>';

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/o984L61e/

Edit

Try changing the top code block to:

$checkedYes = '';
$checkedNo = '';
$getDataForPDF = getDataForPDF($bookingsId, $bookingsLettersDockReceiptId);
if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "Vessel, Containerized") {
     $checkedYes = " checked='checked'";// note the space before checked
} 
if($getDataForPDF["typeOfMove"] == "roro") {
     $checkedNo = " checked='checked'";// note the space before checked
}

The examples on tcpdf use the checked='checked' property just like the other answers had, but you must initialize the variables before you try to concatenate in the html string. As written in the question, either $checkedYes or $checkedNo will be undefined since they are being initialized in mutually exclusive if blocks. Not sure if this will make a difference but it seems plausible.

its not working for me in TCPDF. TCPDF is not showing checkbox in TCPDF. — user3833682, Apr 03 '15 at 08:48
I am looking at some examples of TCPDF and added a tag to your question so that someone more experience in TCPDF may see the question. — rjensen, Apr 03 '15 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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TCPDF's writeHTML() function only supports a limited subset of HTML tags. Check the writeHTML() documentation for details. The input tag is apparently one that is not supported.

Instead, you could use HTML entities to represent the checked and unchecked checkboxes. There's already a StackOverflow question that gives examples of possible entities you could use.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Apr 03 '15 at 17:11

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