Question

CODE:

<input type="checkbox" name="discountedItem" <?php if (isset($_POST['discountedItem'])) echo "checked" . " " . "value='y'"; ?> />

How can I transform this into an if statement so that if it’s not checked the value is n?

I tried:

<input type="checkbox" name="discountedItem" <?php if (isset($_POST['discountedItem'])) { echo "checked" . " " . "value='y'"; } else { echo "value='n'"; } ?> />

Didn’t work. The value was just NULL.

Answer 1

The value= is never submitted if the checkbox isn’t set.

You can’t have your n with a checkbox. Consider a radio button. Or simply adapt your processing logic (the if you referred to) not to look for strings, but any present value.