Help php+mysql+checkbox=Massive Headache

[mccs]

Hello
can someone please help me, I am trying to add information to a database with checkbox. I have every thing working expect for the checkbox. I am fairly new to the php/sql side of web coding. Anyway I want to add information to the one field of a database, in this case fruit. When I click submit it show the information as array, but I want it to be displayed as the value, eg banana, apple not as Array.

<form action="script/test.php" method="post">
<table>
<TD><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='banana'> 
  banana</TD>
<TD><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='apple'> 
  Apple</TD>
</tr>
<tr>
<TD></TD>
<TD><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='pine'> 
  Pineapple</TD>
<TD><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='other'> Other</TD>
<tr></tr>
<tr>
</TABLE></form

Php code

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

mysql_select_db("test", $con);

$sql="INSERT INTO food (Fruit)
VALUES
('$_POST[fruit]')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
echo "information has been added";

mysql_close($con)
?>

[Tulsa]

hi

you need to use implode() php function for convert string
for e.g

$fruits=$_POST[fruit];
$fruits_str=implode(',',$fruits);//it seprates value by comma
$fruits_str=implode(' ',$fruits);//it seprates value by space

I hope this function help you to solve problem
Thanks

[__avd]

Welcome mccs.

This is your first post and it is very impressive.

You missed Submit Button and also "fruits" is an array and its elements should be written into a table.

<?php
       $cmd=$_REQUEST["cmd"];
      // If submit button is pressed 
      if(isset($cmd)) {
       $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
           if (!$con) {
                  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
            }

        mysql_select_db("test", $con);
        $fruit=$_REQUEST["fruit"];   // array of checked box values

        foreach($fruit as $i)  {
             $sql="INSERT INTO food (Fruit)  VALUES ('$i')";
                 if (!mysql_query($sql,$con)) {
                           die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
                   }
               }
               echo "information has been added";
           mysql_close($con);
     }
?> 

<form action="script/test.php" method="post">
<table>
 <tr>
  <td>
     <input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]'  value='banana'> 
  banana
 </td>
 <tr>
 <td><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='apple'> 
  Apple</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='pine'> 
  Pineapple</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="fruit[]" id='fruit[]' value='other'> Other</td>
<tr></tr>
<tr>
 <tr>
    <td>
       <input type="submit" name="cmd" value="Submit"/>
   </td>
 </tr>
</table>
</form>

[mccs]

Thanks for your help guys really appreciate the help and fast reply.

sorry for the messy post, it was driving me crazy, and I need to get away from the computer, I accidentally left out the submit button, due to having the checkbox half way in my code.

but thanks again for the help.