Post multiple checkbox values into php email

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I am brand new to php. I would like to post multiple checkbox values in an email from a form when they are selected. Only the last option checked is coming through in the email, even if they are all selected in the form. I have tried many solutions I found on for this and can't seem to find one that works for me.

What am I doing wrong?

HTML:

        <input type="checkbox" name="product-types-owned[]" value="Cast_Iron" /> 
        <input type="checkbox" name="product-types-owned[]" value="Braisers" />
        <input type="checkbox" name="product-types-owned[]" value="Ovens" />
        <input type="checkbox" name="product-types-owned[]" value="Skillet" />

php:

        $sendto   = "[email protected]";
        $usermail = $_POST['Email'];
        $firstname  = nl2br($_POST['First_name']);
        $lastname  = nl2br($_POST['Last_name']);
        $address1  = nl2br($_POST['Address1']);
        $address2  = nl2br($_POST['Address2']);
        $city = nl2br($_POST['City']);
        $state = nl2br($_POST['State']);
        $zip = nl2br($_POST['Zip_Code']);
        $phone = nl2br($_POST['Telephone']);
        $ownership = nl2br($_POST['product-types-owned']); 

        $subject  = "Product Registration";
        $headers  = "From: " . strip_tags($usermail) . "\r\n";
        $headers .= "Reply-To: ". strip_tags($usermail) . "\r\n";
        $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
        $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8 \r\n";

        $msg  = "<html><body style='font-family:Arial,sans-serif;'>";
        $msg .= "<h2 style='font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;'>Product Registration</h2>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Sent by:</strong> ".$usermail."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>First Name:</strong> ".$firstname."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Last Name:</strong> ".$lastname."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Address:</strong> ".$address1."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Address Line 2:</strong> ".$address2."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>State:</strong> ".$state."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Zip:</strong> ".$zip."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Telephone:</strong> ".$phone."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "<p><strong>Products Own or Intend to Own:</strong> ".$ownership."</p>\r\n";
        $msg .= "</body></html>";

I have tried the solution here as well as changing

$ownership = nl2br($_POST['product-types-owned']);

to

$ownership = nl2br(implode(',', $_POST['product-types-owned']));

and I get an error: Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /home/content/99/11039499/html/scripts/warranty.php on line 24

Please help, I am so frustrated.

Did you try var_dump($_POST['product-types-owned']) before assigning to $ownership and var_dump($ownership)? — u_mulder
– u_mulder, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 16:51

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 16:52:41Z

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    $ownership = nl2br($_POST['product-types-owned']);

product-types-owned is going to be an array of the checkbox values that were selected. You'll need to implode that before you do anything else:

$ownership = nl2br(implode(',', $_POST['product-types-owned']));

Right now you're trying to nl2br on an array, which won't work. nl2br expects a string, so php will type cast the array into its default string representation, which is literally the word Array.

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 16:52

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2 Comments

surfbird0713 Over a year ago

thank you. I tried replacing $ownership = nl2br($_POST['product-types-owned']); with $ownership = nl2br(implode(',', $_POST['product-types-owned'])); and I get an error now: Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /home/content/99/11039499/html/scripts/warranty.php on line 24. I also tried changing nl2br to array, and then i get the same error. can you help?

surfbird0713 Over a year ago

i was having an issue with my server and the code was not updating properly. $ownership = nl2br(implode(',', $_POST['product-types-owned'])); worked.

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