If checkbox is checked in php

Question

I have use the following code

order.php

        <script type="text/javascript">
        function processForm() { 
        $.ajax( {
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'ajax.php',
            data: { checked_box : $('input:checkbox:checked').val()},

            success: function(data) {
                $('#results').html(data);
            }
        } );
        }
        </script>

        <input type="checkbox" name="checked_box" value="1" onclick="processForm()">

And ajax.php

<?php
include "config.php";
$checkbox = intval($_POST['checked_box']);
echo $checkbox;
if($checkbox == 1){
    $Query="SELECT * FROM `order` ORDER BY sl_no DESC";
}else{
    $Query="SELECT * FROM `order` ORDER BY sl_no ASC";    
}
$result=mysql_query($Query);
echo $Query;
while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) { 
?>

It works good but when I unchecked then error showing

Notice: Undefined index: checked_box in C:\xampp\htdocs\website\admin\ajax.php on line 24

How to avoid this error???

Is it me or what, why is it downvote everything? – MuthaFury Oct 22 '15 at 07:47 — MuthaFury, Oct 22 '15 at 07:47
can you please provide full code of ajax.php – Deepak Biswal Oct 22 '15 at 07:48 — Deepak Biswal, Oct 22 '15 at 07:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '15 at 07:44

It is not an error, but a notice. You will get that kind of notices if you try to access non initialized variables. Just initialize it with the appropiate start value.

The tricky part in your code is that you assume you'll get the value of the checkbox because it is included in the form. But it happens that the checkbox are not sent UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '15 at 07:44

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Instead of intval($_POST['checked_box']); use isset($_POST['checked_box']); to make sure the value exists at all.

After that you can use intval if you still need that value.

answered Oct 22 '15 at 07:44

Sean DuBois

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Marcin Orlowski · Answer 3 · 2015-10-22T07:47:42.437

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It's all because only checked checkboxes are included in POST request. So you need to check if your checked_box key exists to figure out checkbox was set or not:

if(isset($_POST['checked_box']) {
   .. set
} else {
   .. not set
}

edited Oct 22 '15 at 07:47

answered Oct 22 '15 at 07:47

Marcin Orlowski

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 11:55

I have a select dropdown box

<select name="status" id="status" onchange="changeStatus()">
    <option value="step_1">step_1</option>
    <option value="step_2">step_2</option>
    <option value="step_3">step_3</option>
    <option value="step_4">step_4</option>
</select>

And my javascript

    <script>
        function changeStatus() {
            $('select.changeStatus').change(function(){
                $.ajax({
                        type: 'POST',
                        url: 'update_status.php',
                        data: {changeStatus: $('select.changeStatus').val()},
                        dataType: 'html'
                 });
            });
        });
    </script>

So I want the value selected from the select dropdown box send to the php file(update_status.php)

If checkbox is checked in php

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