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{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.

Attributes

Attribute Name Required Description
name No Name of checkbox list (defaults to 'checkbox')
values Yes, unless using options attribute An array of values for checkbox buttons
output Yes, unless using options attribute An array of output for checkbox buttons
selected No The selected checkbox element(s) as a string or array
options Yes, unless using values and output An associative array of values and output
separator No String of text to separate each checkbox item
assign No Assign checkbox tags to an array instead of output
labels No Add <label>-tags to the output (defaults to true)
label_ids No Add id-attributes to <label> and <input> to the output (defaults to false)
escape No Escape the output / content (values are always escaped) (defaults to true)
strict No Will make the "extra" attributes disabled and readonly only be set, if they were supplied with either boolean TRUE or string "disabled" and "readonly" respectively (defaults to false)
  • Required attributes are values and output, unless you use options instead.

  • All output is XHTML compliant.

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

Examples

<?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', 
    [
     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 />
<?php

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

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

The results of the database queries above would be output with.

{html_checkboxes name='contact_type_id' options=$contact_types selected=$contact.contact_type_id separator='<br />'}

See also {html_radios} and {html_options}