Zend checkbox array with key value issue

Question

I have a question about the zend_form_element_checkbox from zend.

I have a form with multiple checkboxes. And when I send this form, I logically receive an array of params that look like that :

array("controller" => my_controller, ...., "checkbox_name" => array ("0" => firstCheckedValue, "1" => secondCheckedValue, ...) )

I create each element this way :

$checkbox = new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('checkbox_name');
$checkbox->setCheckedValue($valueVar)->setIsArray(true);
$this->addElement($checkbox);

And I display each one like that :

$this->form->checkbox_name->renderViewHelper();

But I would like to have the received params format this way :

array("controller" => my_controller, ...., "checkbox_name" => array ("firstCheckedValue" => false, "secondCheckedValue" => true, ...) )

In other words, I want the HTML checkboxes look like that :

<input type="checkbox" value="true" name="checkbox_name[firstCheckedValue]">
<input type="checkbox" value="false" name="checkbox_name[secondCheckedValue]">
...

(the boolean value is not for the checked state of the checkbox).

How can I do that?

Ashley · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-04 12:16:31Z

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Try:

$checkbox = new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('first');
$checkbox->setCheckedValue($valueVar)->setIsArray(true)->setBelongsTo('checkbox_name');
$this->addElement($checkbox);
$checkbox = new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('second');
$checkbox->setCheckedValue($valueVar)->setIsArray(true)->setBelongsTo('checkbox_name');
$this->addElement($checkbox);

Docs: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.form.advanced.html

Zend_Form::setElementsBelongTo($array): Using this method, you can specify the name of an array to which all elements of the form belong. You can determine the name using the getElementsBelongTo() accessor.

answered Nov 4, 2011 at 12:16

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Shyam Bhimani · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 09:13:53Z

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Try this

$checkbox = new Zend_Form_Element_Checkbox('checkbox_name');
$checkbox->attribs(array('name' => 'impression[' . $valueVar . ']');
$checkbox->setCheckedValue($valueVar)->setIsArray(true);
$this->addElement($checkbox);

edited Mar 14, 2016 at 9:13

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answered Nov 3, 2011 at 13:32

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guts Over a year ago

Thank you for your response :) I've made a mistake when discribing the wanted html. I will edit. However this method doesn't works because the '[',']' are escaped when I do : $this->form->getElements() I see the checkboxes are named : checkbox_namefirstCheckedValue instead of checbox_name[firstCheckedValue] And of course this create an issue because when I do : $this->form->checkbox_name->renderViewHelper(); checkbox_name doesn't exist anymore ...

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