Hi, I am using a custom php frame work . i use smarty template engine . i start create a form within the controller file and i introduce a form element in .tpl file using html_checkbox . But this element cannot be found when i submit the form . how do i make the .tpl content part of the form .
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A:
When you create checkboxes using smarty's {html_checkboxes}, the name attribute in the smarty function will be used to as the name for the checkboxes.
For example, if your smarty call is:
{html_checkboxes name='states' options=$states}
The resulting checkboxes will have the name states[] which, when submitted, will be placed into a single PHP array which can be looped over to determine which states were selected:
foreach ($_POST['states'] as $state) {
}
Two things to keep in mind: it is up to you to wrap the checkboxes in form tags. Also if no boxes are checked, they will not be submitted in the form post data. This is a quirk of HTML and has nothing to do with smarty.
webbiedave
2010-10-16 14:14:58