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I thought that MIGHT be the case, but I thought THAT was a stupid idea to even consider<br />
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I can envision a workaround.<br />
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Thanks
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I thought that MIGHT be the case, but I thought THAT was a stupid idea to even consider

I can envision a workaround.

Thanks

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The workaround might be an input of an identical name attribute with type=&quot;hidden&quot; as described in the article. &nbsp;I have used that successfully. &nbsp;It's a PHP-only solution because some languages that use raw post input require specialized programming to deal with the request data. &nbsp;But if you're using PHP and you use the $_GET or $_POST arrays, you'll be on firm ground.<br />
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Thanks for the points, ~Ray
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The workaround might be an input of an identical name attribute with type="hidden" as described in the article.  I have used that successfully.  It's a PHP-only solution because some languages that use raw post input require specialized programming to deal with the request data.  But if you're using PHP and you use the $_GET or $_POST arrays, you'll be on firm ground.

Thanks for the points, ~Ray

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I have a php program (attached) designed to process checkboxes on a form. Note the echo was to debug &amp;&nbsp;find out why it wasn't working.<br />
<br />
Also attached is the HTML page, as it existed upon calling the php program.<br />
<br />
Note in the html program, there are several checkbox elements that are NOT checked. Those elements are NOT being picked up in the php program which defeats the whole purpose.<br />
<br />
Why are the unchecked elements NOT being picked up?<br />
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manage-base-citylinks.htm

updt-base-citylinks.php

Hello,

I have a php program (attached) designed to process checkboxes on a form. Note the echo was to debug & find out why it wasn't working.

Also attached is the HTML page, as it existed upon calling the php program.

Note in the html program, there are several checkbox elements that are NOT checked. Those elements are NOT being picked up in the php program which defeats the whole purpose.

Why are the unchecked elements NOT being picked up?

php - processing checkboxes

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