Question

I have a PHP code that runs a MySQL query to sort some output data by a filter selected.

The problem that I have is when I filter by more than 1 word, i.e. when I filter by color it works fine for RED, YELLOW, etc.. but not for BLUE NAVY.

I thought it would be enough by adding '" but it is not.

Here is my current code:

 <?php
$colors = $con -> prepare("SELECT DISTINCT color_base1 FROM item_descr ORDER BY color_base1 ASC");
$colors ->execute();
while ($colorBoxes = $colors->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
{
echo "<input type='checkbox' class='regularCheckbox' name='color' value='".$colorBoxes[color_base1]."' /><font class='similarItemsText'>   ".$colorBoxes[color_base1]."</font><br />";
}
?>

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need quotes around your array indexes.

Change: $colorBoxes[color_base1]

To: $colorBoxes['color_base1']

Bonus points:

printf(
    "<input type='checkbox' class='regularCheckbox' name='color' value='%s' /><font class='similarItemsText'>   %s</font><br />",
    $colorBoxes['color_base1'],
    $colorBoxes['color_base1']
);

Also, your form data is probably going to submit pretty weird when the input name field has a space in it. Try a var_dump($_REQUEST) after the form is submitted to see what the deal is, but I would suggest not using spaces in your color_base1 field.