getting a checkbox array value from POST

i am posting an array of checkboxes. and i cant get it to work. i didnt include the proper syntax in the foreach loop to keep it simple. but it is working. i tested in by trying to do the same thing with a text field instead of a checkbox and it worked with the textfield.

<form method="post">
<?php 
foreach{
echo'
<input id="'.$userid.'" value="'.$userid.'"  name="invite[]" type="checkbox">
<input type="submit">';
}
?>
</form>

here is the part that is not working. it is echoing 'invite' instead of array.

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['invite'])){
$invite = $_POST['invite'];
echo $invite;
}

Solution 1:

Your $_POST array contains the invite array, so reading it out as

<?php
if(isset($_POST['invite'])){
  $invite = $_POST['invite'];
  echo $invite;
}
?>

won't work since it's an array. You have to loop through the array to get all of the values.

<?php
if(isset($_POST['invite'])){
  if (is_array($_POST['invite'])) {
    foreach($_POST['invite'] as $value){
      echo $value;
    }
  } else {
    $value = $_POST['invite'];
    echo $value;
  }
}
?>

Solution 2:

I just used the following code:

<form method="post">
    <input id="user1" value="user1"  name="invite[]" type="checkbox">
    <input id="user2" value="user2"  name="invite[]" type="checkbox">
    <input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['invite'])){
        $invite = $_POST['invite'];
        print_r($invite);
    }
?>

When I checked both boxes, the output was:

Array ( [0] => user1 [1] => user2 )

I know this doesn't directly answer your question, but it gives you a working example to reference and hopefully helps you solve the problem.

Solution 3:

Check out the implode() function as an alternative. This will convert the array into a list. The first param is how you want the items separated. Here I have used a comma with a space after it.

$invite = implode(', ', $_POST['invite']);
echo $invite;