If Checkbox is checked, post Data else...

[louisstephens]

<?php
if ($page->footerChecked->check == 1){ // 1 is checked, 0 is unchecked
echo $page->footerSelect->footerPost;
}

else{
echo "Fail";
}

?>

However, it still is posting "fail". Did I overlook something, or are checkboxes not supposed to be used this way.

Sorry for any confusion:

I have a template (storeFooter.php) which has 2 fields : footerChecked & footerPost. What I was trying to do was if the footerChecked was selected, display "footerPost". However, if it was not checked, display some random text.

[Pete]

I believe this is all you need:

if ($page->footerChecked) {
    // true
} else {
    //false
}

[louisstephens]

Thanks Pete,

Slowly learning more and more php as I go and definitely getting more comfortable with it. I appreciate all the help from a newbie.

[Pete]

No worries. It's not specific to PHP as you can't always guarantee a true or false response from the above code, just I know true or false is what is returned for PricessWire's checkbox values when using them in frontend templates.

The actual printed value if you echo'd it would be a 1 I think if it was checked, else blank. It's always worth echoing a field to see what the actual value is, so

echo $page->footerChecked

in this instance.

Other fields will return different values - some arrays of pages so let us know if you get stuck with anything else - there's plenty of help around the forums