/* insert code to connect to your database here */
/* get the checkbox labels */
$skills = get_checkbox_labels("const_skills");
/* create the html code for a formatted set of
checkboxes */
$html_skills = make_checkbox_html($skills, 3, 400, "skills[]");
? >
< html >
< body >
< br >
< form name="skills" method="POST" action="insertskills.php" >
Check off your web development skills:
< ? echo "$html_skills"; ? >
< br >
< input type="submit" value="Submit" >
< /form >
< /body >
< /html >
< ?php
function get_checkbox_labels($table_name) {
/* make an array */
$arr = array();
/* construct the query */
$query = "SELECT * FROM $table_name";
/* execute the query */
$qid = mysql_query($query);
/* each row in the result set will be packaged as
an object and put in an array */
while($row= mysql_fetch_object($qid)) {
array_push($arr, $row);
}
return $arr;
}
/* Prints a nicely formatted table of checkbox choices.
$arr is an array of objects that contain the choices
$num is the number of elements wide we display in the table
$width is the value of the width parameter to the table tag
$name is the name of the checkbox array
$checked is an array of element names that should be checked
*/
function make_checkbox_html($arr, $num, $width, $name, $checked) {
/* create string to hold out html */
$str = "";
/* make it */
$str .= "< table width="$width" border="0" >n";
$str .= "< tr >n";
/* determine if we will have to close add
a closing tr tag at the end of our table */
if (count($arr) % $num != 0) {
$closingTR = true;
}
$i = 1;
if (isset($checked)) {
/* if we passed in an array of the checkboxes we want
to be displayed as checked */
foreach ($arr as $ele) {
$str .= "< td >< input type="checkbox" name="$name" value="$ele- >id"";
foreach ($checked as $entry) {
if ($entry == $ele- >value) {
$str .= "checked";
continue;
}
}
$str .= " >";
$str .= "$ele- >value";