Checkbox Send Multiple Options in Form

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Having an issue with receiving multiple options.

I have a form and I have just implemented a checkbox into my html:

<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions" value="1">  
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions" value="2">          
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions" value="3">

At the moment the form uses send_booking_email.php.

<form id="booking-form" form name="bookingform" method="post" action="send_booking_email.php">

Within send_booking_email.php:

<?php


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


    $email_to = "[email protected]";

    // validation expected data exists

    if(!isset($_POST['bookingoptions'])) {   

    }

    $bookingoptions = $_POST['bookingoptions']; // required

    $email_message .= "Booking Options:".clean_string($bookingoptions)."\n";



// create email headers

$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".

'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .

'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);  

?>


<?php

}

?>

This works fine when one option is selected, however I am unable to get it to send multiple selections.

I believe it is due to:

$email_message .= "Booking Options:".clean_string($bookingoptions)."\n";

Being only able to store one value? If so is there a way around this?

Thanks in advance!

Max P. · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-16 14:38:06Z

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Rename this field to bookingoptions[] and you will get array for $_POST['bookingoptions']

<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions[]" value="1">  
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions[]" value="2">          
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions[]" value="3">

then implode array elements into string:

clean_string(implode(', ', $bookingoptions))

answered Aug 16, 2016 at 14:38

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Bethfiander Over a year ago

Thanks alot for your help... Working now!

ubm · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-16 15:27:34Z

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<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions_1" value="1">  
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions_2" value="2">          
<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions_3" value="3">

then next php side

$x=1;
$bookingoptions="";


 while (isset($_POST['bookingoptions_' . $x])) {

     if($x==1)
     {
        $bookingoptions .=$_POST['bookingoptions_' . $x];
     }
     else
        {
     $bookingoptions .=','.$_POST['bookingoptions_' . $x];
 }

    $x++;
 }

answered Aug 16, 2016 at 15:27

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Derick Alangi · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-16 14:42:30Z

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Send the POST request as an array of booking options like this:

<input type="checkbox" name="bookingoptions[]" value="1">

Do this for all the input tags with name bookingoptions replacing bookingoptions to bookingoptions[]

answered Aug 16, 2016 at 14:42

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