Check Boxes

• BigfootNetworks

• May 10, 2017 at 7:44 am

Hi All.
I’m wondering if you can help.
I’ve got a form which upon submission updates a custom post type with some ACF fields.
All is great… Apart from, sometimes we need to view that post again, update it and repost it by hitting submit.

I’ve got the post’s fields showing previous entries in all the text boxes etc… however I’m struggling with checkboxes…

I’m using the following which works well for submitting but it’s not showing whether the box was previously ticket.

<div class="checkbox">
          <label><input type="checkbox" name="backdrop" <?php echo get_field("are_you_bringing_a_back_drop")[0]=="Yes" ? "checked='checked'" : "" ?> >Yes</label>
        </div>

Can you help me?

Thanks

• John Huebner

• May 11, 2017 at 10:59 am

You’re using a regular checkbox field. A normal checkbox field for HTML does not submit a value if it is not checked. Checking the submission of a checkbox field in PHP goes something like

if (isset($_POST['backdrop'])) {
  // box is checked
} else {
  // box is not checked
}

Any reason why your not using acf_form()?