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Hello,

I have a form setup where users can select multiple checkboxes, but when I try to test it, only the last input is actually shown on my search results page (I want to make it so that it brings back everything that’s checked). Clearly I’m doing something wrong, so hopefully someone can chime in? Thanks in advance. =]

Here is my form:

<form method="post" action="{path='main/searchresults'}">
 <input type="submit" value="Go!" />
  <ul>
   <li>
    <input id="Beef" name="search:meat" type="checkbox" value="Beef"><label for="Beef">Beef</label>
   </li>
   <li>
    <input id="Chicken" name="search:meat" type="checkbox" value="Chicken"><label for="Chicken">Chicken</label>
   </li>
   <li>
    <input id="Pork" name="search:meat" type="checkbox" value="Pork"><label for="Pork">Pork</label>
   </li>
  </ul>
</form>

Here is my channel entries tag:

{exp:channel:entries channel="recipes" dynamic_parameters="search:meat"}
 {body}
{/exp:channel:entries}

So after diving deep into the internet, I found a solution to my problem using PHP string concatenation. However, I’m wondering if there is a way to do so without PHP. Here’s my modified code:

Search Form:

<form method="post" action="{path='main/searchresults'}">
 <input type="submit" value="Go!" />
  <ul>
   <li>
    <input id="Beef" name="meat[]" type="checkbox" value="Beef"><label for="Beef">Beef</label>
   </li>
   <li>
    <input id="Chicken" name="meat[]" type="checkbox" value="Chicken"><label for="Chicken">Chicken</label>
   </li>
   <li>
    <input id="Pork" name="meat[]" type="checkbox" value="Pork"><label for="Pork">Pork</label>
   </li>
  </ul>
</form>

Search Result PHP String Concatenation:

<?php
$meats = "";
foreach($_POST['meat'] as $meat){
$meats .= $meat."|";
}
$meats = substr($meats,0,-1);
?>

Search Result Channel Entry:

{exp:channel:entries channel="recipes" search:meat="<?php echo($bbqs);?>"}
 {body}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Hey xdupChook,

Thank you for your question.

Can I ask what it is that you are trying to accomplish without using the search module? Just curious.

I can point out two things that I notice. For the value to come through for your array, you need to add a pipe. Like a so.

<input id="Beef" name="meat[]" type="checkbox" value="Beef|"><label for="Beef">Beef</label>

But also, the channel entries search will not search checkboxes. :-(

Note: Only fields of the type “Text Input”, “Textarea”, and “Drop-down Lists” are searched with this parameter.

You could use a drop down on the backend and present it as checkboxes on the front end, but that’s a restriction to be aware of.

I will be on the lookout for your response.

Cheers,

Hi Shane,

I would actually like to use the search module, as I don’t think pagination works using the approach I am currently taking (I also couldn’t really figure it out because users wouldn’t actually be typing keywords to search).

Basically what I’m doing is building a database that I will be continuously adding to. I’m using the recipes thing as a way to test if it works (and it also follows a similar model to what I’m doing). What I would be doing is treating entries as the recipe itself. Users on the site will have a series of options to choose from (eg. meat, vegetables, gluten-free, etc) that will all be custom channel fields. When users check different boxes under these categories, such as ‘beef’ under meat, the site should filter out all those entries that do not include beef and return only those that do. I want users to be able to add additional parameters, so that they can get exactly what they want based on the filters they use.

Thanks.

Bryan

Slightly off topic, but take a look at the PHP implode method - http://php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php

eg:

$meats = implode('|', $_POST['meat']);

Hi Brian,

Check out Tag from Solspace. I think it is built for just this purpose.

Cheers,