Question

I have following SQL query:

    $readNews_SQLselect = "SELECT ";
    $readNews_SQLselect .= "live, content, user, created, created_updated, user_updated ";  // rows names
    $readNews_SQLselect .= "FROM ";
    $readNews_SQLselect .= "news ";         // table name


    $readNews_SQLselect_Query = mysql_query($readNews_SQLselect); 

And while loop to display the data from DB:

    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($readNews_SQLselect_Query, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
                    $LIVE = $row['live'];
                    $CONTENT = $row['content'];
                    $USER = $row['user'];
                    $CREATED = $row['created'];
                    $USER_UPDATED = $row['user_updated'];
                    $CREATED_UPDATED = $row['created_updated'];
                    echo '<input type="checkbox" value=" '.$LIVE.'" />';
                    echo '<input value=" '.$CONTENT.'" />';
                    echo '<p>'.$USER.'<p/>';
                    echo '<p>'.$CREATED.'<p/>';
                    echo '<p>'.$USER_UPDATED.'<p/>';
                    echo '<p>'.$CREATED_UPDATED.'<p/>';
                }
                mysql_free_result($readNews_SQLselect_Query);

As my echo '<input type="checkbox" value=" '.$LIVE.'" />'; will be either ‘0’ or ‘1’ – how can I convert this string into checkbox checking / unchecking with PHP?

Any suggestion much appreciated.

Answer 1

You’ll want to use an In-Line If Statement.

echo '<input id="chkLive" type="checkbox"'.(($LIVE=='1') ? ' checked ' : '').'/>';