Multiple checkboxes in CakePHP - how to set which are checked?

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I have multiple checkboxes in CakePHP's Add/Edit view, created with:

echo $this->Form->input('email_warning_chb', array('type'=>'select', 'multiple'=>'checkbox', 'label'=> __('Email notice'), 'class'=>'multiple-chb', 'options'=> array('title...'=>array( '5'=>'5 days', '15'=>'15 days', '30'=>'30 days', '60'=>'60 days');

My question is how to set which one are checked by default (ie. in thi example, 5, 15 and 60)?

Thank you in advance!

This was a better answer for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10243537/cakephp-multiple-select-selected-is-not-working — George M Reinstate Monica, May 09 '17 at 23:22
This was a better answer for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12168225/multiple-checkboxes-in-cakephp-how-to-set-which-are-checked — George M Reinstate Monica, May 09 '17 at 23:23

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '13 at 00:59

As said in other answers, you should set the 'selected' option. What some people don't mention is that your selected array should only contain the id in each element. Example:

$selectedWarnings = $this->Warning->find('list', array(
  'fields' => array('id')
));


echo $this->Form->input('email_warning_chb', array(
    'label' => 'Email Notice',
    'type' => 'select',
    'multiple' => 'checkbox',
    'options' => $warnings,
    'selected' => $selectedWarnings
  ));

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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this looks like this one

cakephp: How to set checkbox to checked?

where $selected contains the selected values

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 23:06

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:27

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in your controller you have to put the value like this:

$this->request->data['Model']['email_warning_chb'] = array(5,15,60);

and it will automatically display checkbox as selected.

Please ask if not work for you.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:27

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