{html_checkboxes}

{html_checkboxes} is a custom function that creates an html checkbox group with provided data. It takes care of which item(s) are selected by default as well. Required attributes are values and output, unless you use options instead. All output is XHTML compatible.

Attribute Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	No	checkbox	name of checkbox list
values	array	Yes, unless using options attribute	n/a	an array of values for checkbox buttons
output	array	Yes, unless using options attribute	n/a	an array of output for checkbox buttons
selected	string/array	No	empty	the selected checkbox element(s)
options	associative array	Yes, unless using values and output	n/a	an associative array of values and output
separator	string	No	empty	string of text to separate each checkbox item
labels	boolean	No	true	add <label>-tags to the output

All parameters that are not in the list above are printed as name/value-pairs inside each of the created <input>-tags.

Example 8-7. {html_checkboxes}


<?php

$smarty->assign('cust_ids', array(1000,1001,1002,1003));
$smarty->assign('cust_names', array(
                                'Joe Schmoe',
                                'Jack Smith',
                                'Jane Johnson',
                                'Charlie Brown')
                              );
$smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001);

?>

where template is

{html_checkboxes name="id" values=$cust_ids output=$cust_names
   selected=$customer_id  separator="<br />"}

or where PHP code is:


<?php

$smarty->assign('cust_checkboxes', array(
                                     1000 => 'Joe Schmoe',
                                     1001 => 'Jack Smith',
                                     1002 => 'Jane Johnson',
                                     1003 => 'Charlie Brown')
                                   );
$smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001);

?>

and the template is

{html_checkboxes name="id" options=$cust_checkboxes selected=$customer_id separator="<br />"}

both examples will output:

<label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1000" />Joe Schmoe</label><br />
<label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1001" checked="checked" />Jack Smith</label>
<br />
<label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1002" />Jane Johnson</label><br />
<label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1003" />Charlie Brown</label><br />

Example 8-8. Database example (eg PEAR or ADODB):


<?php

$sql = 'select type_id, types from types order by type';
$smarty->assign('types',$db->getAssoc($sql));

$sql = 'select * from contacts where contact_id=12';
$smarty->assign('contact',$db->getRow($sql));

?>

{html_checkboxes name="type" options=$types selected=$contact.type_id separator="<br />"}

See also {html_radios} and {html_options}