Form checkbox using AJAX always showing ON with php

Question

I have a checkbox as such

<input name="notify" type="checkbox" id="notify" class="notify" />

I am using an ajax call as such

$("form#submit").submit(function() {
// we want to store the values from the form input box, then send via ajax below
var username = $('#username').attr('value');
var email = $('#email').attr('value');
var password = $('#password').attr('value');
var cpassword = $('#cpassword').attr('value');
var notify = $('#notify').attr('value');
var session_user_id = $('#session_user_id').attr('value');
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "../../includes/editprofile.php?",
data: "username="+ username+
    "&email="+ email+
    "&password="+ password+
    "&cpassword="+ cpassword+
    "&notify="+ notify+
    "&session_user_id="+ session_user_id,
success: function(data){
$('div.success').fadeIn();
$('div.success').html(data);
}
});
return false;
});

In my editprofile.php file I am simply echo'n $notify to see what the value is after I submit the form and no matter what its always "on" whether I check the box or not. Any clues?

have to use post ....like echo $notifi=$_POST['notify'];

thumber nirmal
– thumber nirmal

2013-04-10 05:47:17 +00:00
Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 5:47 — thumber nirmal
– thumber nirmal, Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 5:47

Deepanshu Goyal · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-10 05:49:50Z

3

all 3 should work below

try

$('#notify').is(':checked');

or

$('#notify').attr('checked');

or

$('#notify').prop('checked');

answered Apr 10, 2013 at 5:49

Deepanshu Goyal

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Yogesh Suthar · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-10 05:48:02Z

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change this

var notify = $('#notify').attr('value');

to

var notify = $('#notify').attr('checked');

Because checkbox does not have value

answered Apr 10, 2013 at 5:48

Yogesh Suthar

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Cesar Bielich Over a year ago

Just did and it always returns "undefined"

iLaYa ツ · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-10 05:50:11Z

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Try this

$('#notify').attr('checked') ? "True" : "False";

answered Apr 10, 2013 at 5:50

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Cesar Bielich Over a year ago

Thanks this worked, I will check it as answer as soon as I can

Deepanshu Goyal Over a year ago

I dont think there is any need to write ? "True" : "False", because it'll definitely return either true or false, isn't it ?

iLaYa ツ Over a year ago

@Deepanshu- yes off-course, but we can set value for it instead of true/false. I just made single line code that's it.

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