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Storing a PHP Checkbox in a Database
Hello
I have a PHP page with text and Database fields.
This is the code that draws the checkbox:
This is the code that stores the texts fields in the database:
How do I store which of the php checkboxes are checked into the database. What kind of field do I need to create in the database table. All my text fields are Varchar. I was thinking maybe bit?
Many Thanks
I have a PHP page with text and Database fields.
This is the code that draws the checkbox:
<tr>
<td width="43"><label for="business_type">Salon</label></td>
<td width="30"><input type="checkbox" name="business_type[]" id="business_type" value="salon" /></td>
<td width="38"><label for="business_type">Mobile</label></td>
<td width="30"><input type="checkbox" name="business_type[]" id="business_type" value="mobile" /></td>
<td width="53"><label for="business_type">Student</label></td>
<td width="25"><input type="checkbox" name="business_type[]" id="business_type" value="student" /></td>
<td width="37"><label for="business_type">Other</label></td>
<td width="434"><input type="checkbox" name="business_type[]" id="business_type" value="other" /></td>
</tr>
This is the code that stores the texts fields in the database:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<?
$trainee_name=$_POST['trainee_name'];
$company_name=$_POST['company_name'];
$address=$_POST['address'];
$telephone=$_POST['telephone'];
$email_address=$_POST['email_address'];
$website=$_POST['website'];
$trainer_name=$_POST['trainer_name'];
$training_date=$_POST['training_date'];
$trainer_notes=$_POST['trainer_notes'];
$area_consultant=$_POST['area_consultant'];
mysql_connect("localhost", "web46-training", "training") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("web46-training") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `data` VALUES ('$trainee_name', '$company_name', '$address', '$telephone', '$email_address', '$website', '$trainer_name', '$training_date', '$trainer_notes', '$area_consultant')");
Print "Your information has been successfully added to the database.";
?>
</body>
</html>
How do I store which of the php checkboxes are checked into the database. What kind of field do I need to create in the database table. All my text fields are Varchar. I was thinking maybe bit?
Many Thanks
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Loganathan Natarajan
You can concatenate with | or , the selected values and store them in text filed. So that you can split the entries back.
BTW, you do know that you should be more careful with handing input data to mySQL?
What if someone maliciously entered
What if someone maliciously entered
foo'); truncate table data;
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Are you able to show me an example? I'm new to this.
Enterint the above code did nothing to the database. Isn't that because a VARCHAR field is purely for storing text? Please feel free to tell me i'm talking rubbish lol.
Enterint the above code did nothing to the database. Isn't that because a VARCHAR field is purely for storing text? Please feel free to tell me i'm talking rubbish lol.
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I tried to post a link to this article earlier, but apparently it did not "take," so here it is...
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_5450-Common-Sense-Examples-Using-Checkboxes-with-HTML-JavaScript-and-PHP.html
HTH, ~Ray
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_5450-Common-Sense-Examples-Using-Checkboxes-with-HTML-JavaScript-and-PHP.html
HTH, ~Ray
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