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Asked: 2026-05-23T17:29:44+00:00

Here is simple form contain multiple checkboxes options and textarea input: <form method=post name=form1

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Here is simple form contain multiple checkboxes options and textarea input:

    <form method="post" name="form1" action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>">
    <table>
    <tr><th colspan="2">BREATHING CIRCULATION</th></tr>
    <tr><th>#</th><th>Instruction Name</th></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="Respirations normal rate"></td><td>Respirations normal rate</td></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="Respirations effort normal"></td><td>Respirations effort normal</td></tr>
<tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="Breath Sounds-normal"></td><td>Breath Sounds-normal</td></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="Skin colour-normal"></td><td>Skin colour-normal</td></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="Heart rhythm & rate normal"></td><td>Heart rhythm & rate normal </td></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="InstrCheck[]" type="checkbox" id="InstrCheck" value="No Oedema"></td><td>No Oedema </td></tr>
    </table>
    <textarea name="InstrCheck[]" id="InstrCheck" placeholder="set your own instruction">                          </textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1">
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $_GET['a'];?>" name="pat_id">
</form>

My problem is How can I insert checked options (could be more than one) AND textarea value (if entered) and insert all these input values into same column in DB but each input in “separate row”. I tried this code but not work insert nothing (empty cell):

<?php
$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
    if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
    }
    $pat_id = $_GET['a'];
    $Date = date("d-m-Y");
    $Time = date("H:i:s");
if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
    foreach ($_POST['InstrCheck'] as $value) {
  $insertSQL = "INSERT INTO instruction (instName, instTime, instDate, pat_id) VALUES ('$value', '$Time', '$Date', '$pat_id')";
    }
  mysql_select_db($database_PPS, $PPS);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $PPS) or die(mysql_error());


  $insertGoTo = "Patint_selection.php?a=$pat_id";
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
}
?>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The empty cell that is being saved to the database is the value from your textarea.

    The reason your code is only saving the textarea is because it is the only query being executed by mysql_query. Your foreach loop is overwriting each query and the last value of $insertSQL is the textarea query. So, to fix you have to move the mysql_query inside the foreach loop and connect to the database before the loop starts.

    /** 
 *  Moving the mysql_query inside the loop requires you connect to the database 
 *  before the loop starts
 */
mysql_select_db($database_PPS, $PPS);

/** Move your mysql_query inside your foreach loop **/
foreach ($_POST['InstrCheck'] as $value) {
    $insertSQL = "INSERT INTO instruction (instName, instTime, instDate, pat_id) VALUES ('$value', '$Time', '$Date', '$pat_id')";

    // Moved inside the loop...now this will run for each loop
    $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $PPS) or die(mysql_error());

}

    The other answers are just as good and pointed out some things worth considering. I just want you to learn why your original code was wrong.

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