Convert Radio Button into a Checkbox

Question

I was wondering how to convert my radio buttons into checkboxes because I want to insert multiple options for the same record... for example: I want a game to be in the "Strategy" and "Action" category, so only a checkbox can make me achieve that.

here is my code for inserting a game with radio buttons:

<?php
session_start();

if(!isset($_SESSION['user_name'])){

header("location:login.php");

}
else {
?>
<?php
include("../includes/connect.php");

$action_status = 'unchecked';
$sports_status = 'unchecked';

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

$game_name = $_POST['game_name'];
$game_category = $_POST['game_category'];
$game_keywords = $_POST['game_keywords'];
$game_image = $_FILES['game_image']['name'];
$image_tmp = $_FILES['game_image']['tmp_name'];
$game_code = $_FILES['game_code']['name'];
$code_tmp = $_FILES['game_code']['tmp_name'];
$game_file = $_FILES['game_file']['name'];
$file_tmp = $_FILES['game_file']['tmp_name'];
$game_desc = $_POST['game_desc'];

if($game_name=='' or $game_category=='' or $game_keywords=='' or $game_image=='' or $game_code=='' or $game_file==''){

echo "<script>alert('Please enter all the fields below!')</script>";

exit();

}
else {

 $path = "../games/$game_name";

 mkdir("$path", 0777);

 move_uploaded_file($image_tmp,"../images/games_images/$game_image");

 move_uploaded_file($code_tmp,"$path/$game_code");

 move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,"$path/$game_file");

 $insert_query = "insert into games (game_name,game_category,game_keywords,game_image,game_code,game_file,game_desc) values ('$game_name','$game_category','$game_keywords','$game_image','$game_code','$game_file','$game_desc')";

 if($game_category == '3d'){

 $three_d_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'action'){

 $action_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'adventure'){

 $adventure_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'arcade'){

 $arcade_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'brain'){

 $brain_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'cards'){

 $cards_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'destruction'){

 $destruction_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'education'){

 $education_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'extreme'){

 $extreme_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'fighting'){

 $fighting_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'flying'){

 $flying_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'girls'){

 $girls_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'holidays'){

 $holidays_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'hidden_objects'){

 $hidden_objects_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'motocross'){

 $motocross_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'multiplayer'){

 $multiplayer_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'new'){

 $new_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'puzzle'){

 $puzzle_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'racing'){

 $racing_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'fps'){

 $fps_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'space'){

 $space_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'sports'){

 $sports_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'strategy'){

 $strategy_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'stunt'){

 $stunt_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'top_rated'){

 $top_rated_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'words'){

 $words_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'zombies'){

 $zombies_status = 'checked';

 }

 if(mysql_query($insert_query)){

 echo "<script>alert('The Game Uploaded Successfully!')</script>";

 echo "<script>window.open('view_games.php','_self')</script>";

 }

}

}

?>

<?php } ?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link href="css/insert_game.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>

<form method="post" id="insert_form" action="insert_games.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<table id="insert_games_table" width="680" border="1" align="center">

<tr>
 <td id="insert_games_table_title" colspan="2" align="center">Insert New Game</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game name:</td>
 <td><input type="text" name="game_name" size="80"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game category:</td>
 <td id="insert_cat_select"><input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="3d"<?php print $three_d_status; ?>/><span>3D</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="action"<?php print $action_status; ?>/><span>Action</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="adventure"<?php print $adventure_status; ?>/><span>Adventure</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="arcade"<?php print $arcade_status; ?>/><span>Arcade</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="brain"<?php print $brain_status; ?>/><span>Brain</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="cards"<?php print $cards_status; ?>/><span>Cards</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="destruction"<?php print $destruction_status; ?>/><span>Destruction</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="education"<?php print $education_status; ?>/><span>Education</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="extreme"<?php print $extreme_status; ?>/><span>Extreme</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="fighting"<?php print $fighting_status; ?>/><span>Fighting</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="flying"<?php print $flying_status; ?>/><span>Flying</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="girls"<?php print $girls_status; ?>/><span>Girls</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="holidays"<?php print $holidays_status; ?>/><span>Holidays</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="hidden_objects"<?php print $hidden_objects_status; ?>/><span>Hidden Objects</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="motocross"<?php print $motocross_status; ?>/><span>Motocross</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="multiplayer"<?php print $multiplayer_status; ?>/><span>Multiplayer</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="new"<?php print $new_status; ?>/><span>New Games</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="puzzle"<?php print $puzzle_status; ?>/><span>Puzzle</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="racing"<?php print $racing_status; ?>/><span>Racing</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="fps"<?php print $fps_status; ?>/><span>FPS</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="space"<?php print $space_status; ?>/><span>Space</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="sports"<?php print $sports_status; ?>/><span>Sports</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="strategy"<?php print $strategy_status; ?>/><span>Strategy</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="stunt"<?php print $stunt_status; ?>/><span>Stunt</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="top_rated"<?php print $top_rated_status; ?>/><span>Top Rated</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="words"<?php print $words_status; ?>/><span>Words</span><br>
 <input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="zombies"<?php print $zombies_status; ?>/><span>Zombies</span><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game keywords:</td>
 <td><textarea id="insert_text_area" name="game_keywords"></textarea></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game image:</td>
 <td><input type="file" name="game_image"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game HTML:</td>
 <td><input type="file" name="game_code"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game Flash File:</td>
 <td><input type="file" name="game_file"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td id="insert_cat_name">Game description:</td>
 <td><textarea id="insert_text_area" name="game_desc"></textarea></td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Publish Game Now" id="insert_submit"></td>
</tr>

</form>

</body>
</html>

Anyone?

EDIT: While solving this problem I found an error in my code, I have much more then "action" and "sports" categories in my website, I forgot to add more categories to this lines "$action_status = 'unchecked';", but for some reason I didn't got any errors, and everything worked perfectly... strange O.o

Convert?.. wha? automatically? preg_replace() maybe. Or "search and replace" in your favorite editor. ;-) — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 18:47
What's stopping you from just editing the html to make them checkboxes? — Skrivener
– Skrivener, Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 18:48
Here's a quick method to change them "on-the-fly"as it were. First create a variable called $choices then assign it to, say $choices="checkbox"; then in your type="radio" you could just do type="<?php echo $choices; ?>" and you could change it back to $choices="radio"; anytime afterwards, avoiding to do all the grunt work. All this "from the top of my head". ;-) — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 18:51
I mean before I wanted to change to checkboxes, I used the radio buttons with only this 2 categories on this "unchecked" variable, and for some reason all the categories added successfully to my database... thats strange XD — davidgpilot
– davidgpilot, Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 19:11

binaryatrocity · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18 19:28:31Z

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If all you are looking to do is replace your RADIO buttons with CHECKBOXES, just change the HTML to reflect that, like so:

 <input class="radio" type="checkbox" name="game_category[]" value="action"<?php print $action_status; ?>/><span>Action</span><br/>

You will then need to change all the "else if"'s in your PHP to just "if"'s, as you can iterate over multiple values, like so:

if($game_category == 'multiplayer'){
     $multiplayer_status = 'checked';
}
if($game_category == 'new'){
    $new_status = 'checked';
}

edited Feb 18, 2014 at 19:28

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 18:51

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davidgpilot Over a year ago

Thanks I will try that, if it will work I will post the full code at the answer :)

binaryatrocity Over a year ago

I've edited my comment. You'll need to change your "else if"'s at the top in PHP to allow multiple values to be "checked" at once.

davidgpilot Over a year ago

This didn't work, I tried this and I got in my database only the last category that I've checked... The problem is that I don't know how to make my website read the same game in multi categories...

binaryatrocity Over a year ago

Ah, beacuse we must declare game_category as an array, I updated the answer. <input type="checkbox" name="game_category[]" /> - now you will have $_POST['game_category'] as an array, with all values included.

davidgpilot Over a year ago

Now, insteed of getting 4 categories that I've picked for the same game, I get in my database under "game_category" this: Array.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:31:56Z

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The solution:

I change this line for example from this:

<input class="radio" type="radio" name="game_category" value="3d"<?php print $three_d_status; ?>/><span>3D</span><br>

into this:

<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" name="game_category[]" value="3d"<?php print $three_d_status; ?>/><span>3D</span><br>

Then, I edited the if statements from this:

if($game_category == '3d'){

 $three_d_status = 'checked';

 }else if($game_category == 'action'){

 $action_status = 'checked';

 }

Into this:

if($game_category == '3d'){

 $three_d_status = 'checked';

 }
 if($game_category == 'action'){

 $action_status = 'checked';

 }

and finally I changed this line from this:

$game_category = $_POST['game_category'];

Into this:

$game_category = implode(",",$_POST['game_category']);

Hope that helped someone out there :)

Credit goes to: "binaryatrocity" and "Fred-ii-" :D

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:31

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answered Feb 18, 2014 at 19:52

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Funk Forty Niner Over a year ago

+1 It just gets better ;-) Thanks for the mention, and you're quite welcome, cheers.

davidgpilot Over a year ago

:D, np my friend, I'm always glad to help the helpers

davidgpilot Over a year ago

I run into a different problem, so I opened a new post for that... You are more then invited to check it out: stackoverflow.com/questions/21864241/… :D

Emilio Borraz · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18 18:55:35Z

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If you got only one, maybe the NAME element must be an array :

Checkbox:<input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="myCheck[]">

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 18:55

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Funk Forty Niner Over a year ago

"If you got only one, maybe the NAME element must be an array" - You have that backwards.

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