hya i have created a table of multi checkbox group and added a [] at the end of the name in html now when i check a selection of boxes i just get array echoed what do i do to sort it out and get the list of items that i have ticked x

Yes, but if you can give more details we can suggest proper solutions... just to consider a possible scenario: if these are going to be used in a search query you can convert them into a CSV string and use the MySQL FIND_IN_SET() function:

For example:

<?php

$pdo    = new PDO('dsn', 'user', 'pass');
$items  = implode(',', $_POST['items']);
$stmt   = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM records WHERE FIND_IN_SET(id, ?)");

$stmt->execute([$items]);
$result = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

print_r($result);

About PDO:

i have enclosed a sample from my tut book not site due to adult content but here is what i have so far

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html" />
    <meta name="author" content="Kevin Robinson" />
    <title>An html form with checkboxes</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="formwithcb.php" method="POST">
<p><label>Name:</label><br/>
<fieldset>
<legend>Select some products</legend><br />
<input type="checkbox" id="tricorder" name="products" value="tricorder"/><label>Tricoder</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" id="orac_ai" name="products" value="orac_ai"/><label>orac_ai</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" id="hal_2000" name="products" value="hal_2000"/><label>hal_2000</label><br />
</fieldset>
<button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">Submit Form</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

then php i have

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html" />
    <meta name="author" content="Kevin Robinson" />

    <title>Reading Check Boxes</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Welcome, <strong><?php echo $_POST['user']; ?></strong>!</p>
<p>Your product Choices Are:
<?php
if (!empty($_POST['products'])) {
    echo "<ul>";
    foreach ($_POST['products'] as $value) {
       echo "<li>$value</li>";
    }
    echo "<ul>";
} else {
    echo "none";
}
?>
</body>
</html>

and i get the following error
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/a2085360/public_html/checkbox/formwithcb.php on line 15

sorted error out x

but when i put the php section in my profile page as in

<p>Your Interests Are:
<?php
if (!empty($_POST['interests'])) {
    echo "<ul>";
    foreach ($_POST['interests'] as $value) {
       echo "<li>$value</li>";
    }
    echo "<ul>";
} else {
    echo "none";
}
?>

i get you have not selected anything and when i check database column for interests i just get array printed in it

This because at the moment you're just looping the received array, I don't see any variable that could return a database result set. Can you show how you build the WHERE conditions and the final query?

hya hun this is the php from editprofile.php

    <?php 
    include("config/db_connect.php");

    // Check user id
    if($_SESSION['userid'] == "")
    {
        header("location: index.php");
    }

    // Fetch user details
    $userdata       = mysql_query("select * from user where user_id = '".$_SESSION['userid']."' ");
    $fetch_user     = mysql_fetch_array($userdata);
    $user_country   = $fetch_user['user_country'];

    $userinfo       = mysql_query("select * from user_info where user_id = '".$fetch_user['user_id']."' ");
    $fetch_info     = mysql_fetch_array($userinfo);

    // Update user Profile
    if(isset($_POST['submitform']))
    {
        $unionterritory = addslashes($_POST['territory']);
        $talking_about      = addslashes($_POST['talking_about']);
        $headline       = addslashes($_POST['headline']);

        $query_update   = mysql_query(" update user_info set seeking = '".$_POST['seeking']."' , 
        city            = '".$_POST['city']."' , 
        union_territory = '".$unionterritory."' , 
        postalcode      = '".$_POST['postalcode']."' , 
        height          = '".$_POST['height']."' , 
        bodytype        = '".$_POST['bodytype']."' , 
        bodyhair                = '".$_POST['bodyhair']."' ,
        hair            = '".$_POST['haircolor']."' , 
        eyecolor        = '".$_POST['eyecolor']."' , 
        dosmoke         = '".$_POST['dosmoke']."' , 
        dodrink         = '".$_POST['dodrink']."' , 
        tattoos                 = '".$_POST['tattoos']."' ,
        travel                  = '".$_POST['travel']."' ,
        piercings               = '".$_POST['piercings']."' ,
        rate1                   = '".$_POST['rate1']."' ,
        rate2                   = '".$_POST['rate2']."' ,
        rate3                   = '".$_POST['rate3']."' ,
        rate4                   = '".$_POST['rate4']."' ,
        rate5                   = '".$_POST['rate5']."' ,
        rate6                   = '".$_POST['rate6']."' ,
        rate7                   = '".$_POST['rate7']."' ,
        talking_about           = '".$talking_about."' , 
        interests       = '".$_POST['interests']."' , 
        headline        = '".$headline."' where user_id = '".$_SESSION['userid']."' ") or die(mysql_error());

        if($query_update)
        {
            header("location: profile.php");
            exit;
        }
    }

    ?>

and here is the php for profile.php

<?php 
    include("config/db_connect.php");


    // Fetch User Details for display profile
    $query          = mysql_query("select * from user where user_id = '".$_SESSION['userid']."'");
    $fetch_user     = mysql_fetch_array($query);
    $user_country = $fetch_user['user_country'];
    $user_gender = $fetch_user['user_gender'];

    $user_birthdate = $fetch_user['user_birthdate'];
    $user_country   = $fetch_user['user_country'];

    $info_query     = mysql_query("select * from user_info where user_id = '".$fetch_user['user_id']."' ");
    $fetch_info     = mysql_fetch_array($info_query);
    $user_info = $fetch_info['union_territory'];

    $user_image     = mysql_query("select * from user_images where user_id = '".$fetch_user['user_id']."' and main_image = '1' ");
    $fetch_image    = mysql_fetch_array($user_image);

    ?>





<h2><?php echo ucfirst($fetch_user['user_name']);?>'s Profile</h2>
      <?php if($_GET['err']!='') { ?>
        <br />
          <p class="red" align="center"><strong><?php echo $_GET['err']; ?></strong></p>
        <?php } ?>
      <br />
        <?php if(trim($fetch_info['headline']) !='' ){
            $headline = $fetch_info['headline'];
            } else {
            $headline = "Looking For ".$fetch_info['lookingfor'];
            } ?>


        <?php echo $headline;?>
        <p> </p>
      <hr />
      <p> </p>
      <table>
<tr>
    <td><?php echo $fetch_user['user_gender'];?></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><?php echo $fetch_info['city'];?></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><?php echo $fetch_info['union_territory'];?></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
      <p> </p>
        <?php echo stripslashes($fetch_info['talking_about']);?>
        <p> </p>
      <p> </p>
      <table>
<tr>
    <td><?php 
        $sql_slide = mysql_query("select * from user_images where user_id = '".$fetch_user['user_id']."' and show_profile = '1' ");
        if(mysql_num_rows($sql_slide)>1) {
        while($row_slide = mysql_fetch_array($sql_slide))
        {
    ?>
      <br />
      <img src="images/user_images/smallthumb/<?php echo $row_slide['user_image'];?>" border="0" width="100" height="100" data-tooltip="sticky<?php echo $row_slide['id'];?>" />
      <?php 
        } }
        ?>
          <?php 
            $sql_slideh = mysql_query("select * from user_images where user_id = '".$fetch_user['user_id']."' and show_profile = '1' ");
            while($row_slideh = mysql_fetch_array($sql_slideh))
            {
        ?>

            <?php if($row_slideh['caption']!='') { ?>

            <?php } ?>
          <?php } ?>
        <?php if($fetch_image['user_image']!='') {?>
        <img  src="images/user_images/<?php echo $fetch_image['user_image'];?>" height="100px;" width="100px;" />
        <?php } else { ?>
        <img  src="images/blank_big.jpg" height="100px;" width="100px;" />
        <?php  } ?></td><td><?php echo ucfirst($fetch_user['user_name']);?>
        <br /><label>Last Logged in:</label><?php $then = new DateTime($lastlogin['lastlogin']);
    $now = new DateTime("now");
    echo $then->diff($now)->format('%a days'); ?> ago
    <br /><label>Member Since:</label><?php echo $fetch_user['reg_date'];?></td>
</tr>
</table>
 <p> </p>
        <h1>Personal Details</h1>
        <p> </p>
         <table>
<tr>
    <td><label>Age: </label><?php echo Age($user_birthdate);?> year old,</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Sexuality: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['sexuality'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Height: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['height'];?>
          cm (<?php echo get_height($fetch_info['height'])?>) height,</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Body type: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['bodytype'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Body Hair: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['bodyhair'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Eye Color: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['eyecolor'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Hair Color: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['hair'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Ethnicity: </label><?php echo $fetch_user['user_ethnicity'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Smoke: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['dosmoke'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Drinker: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['dodrink'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Tattoos: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['tattoos'];?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><label>Piercings: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['piercings'];?></td>
</tr>
</table>   

          <h1>Escorting Details</h1>
      <p> </p>
        <table>
        <tr>
           <td><label>I am Seeking a: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['seeking'];?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <td><label>incalls: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['incalls'];?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <td><label>outcalls: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['outcalls'];?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <td><label>I will travel: </label><?php echo $fetch_info['travel'];?></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <br/>


    <hr />
    <br/>
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <td><span class="style3">15 Mins</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">30 Mins</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">1 Hour</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">2Hours</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">3 Hours</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">4 Hours</span></td><td> </td>
                    <td><span class="style3">Overnight</span></td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate1']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate2']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate3']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate4']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate5']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate6']?></td><td> </td>
                    <td><?php echo $fetch_info['rate7']?></td><td> </td>
                </tr>
                </table>
            <table>
            <p> </p>
            <h1>Interests</h1>
          <p> </p>
           <p>Your Interests Are:
    <?php
    if (!empty($_POST['interests'])) {
        echo "<ul>";
        foreach ($_POST['interests'] as $value) {
           echo "<li>$value</li>";
        }
        echo "<ul>";
    } else {
        echo "none";
    }
    ?>

Ok, I see the problem, in the update query that starts at line 25 you have this:

interests       = '".$_POST['interests']."' ,

If $_POST['interests'] was a string then this would work fine, but it's an array, so you have to implode it:

$interests = implode(',', $_POST['interests']);

Then the update query will save the values:

interests       = '".$interests."' ,

Then, when you retrieve the results from user_info table and save them into $fetch_info, you can decide to display them directly as comma separated values, or you explode them:

$interests = explode(',', $fetch_info['interests']);

So you can now loop the array:

echo "<ul>";
foreach($interests as $interest)
{
    echo "<li>$interest</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";

Oh, regarding your queries you should really use prepared statements, at the moment your queries can be manipulated through SQL injections, read about PDO or MySQLi:

Consider also filter_input() to sanitize and validate the input you receive from users, never trust what is sent from clients:

Hope it helps, bye!

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