{html\_checkboxes} {#language.function.html.checkboxes}
==================

`{html_checkboxes}` is a [custom function](#language.custom.functions)
that creates an html checkbox group with provided data. It takes care of
which item(s) are selected by default as well.

   Attribute Name         Type                       Required                  Default    Description
  ---------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        name             string                         No                    *checkbox*  Name of checkbox list
       values             array         Yes, unless using options attribute     *n/a*     An array of values for checkbox buttons
       output             array         Yes, unless using options attribute     *n/a*     An array of output for checkbox buttons
      selected        string/array                      No                     *empty*    The selected checkbox element(s)
      options       associative array   Yes, unless using values and output     *n/a*     An associative array of values and output
     separator           string                         No                     *empty*    String of text to separate each checkbox item
       assign            string                         No                     *empty*    Assign checkbox tags to an array instead of output
       labels            boolean                        No                      *TRUE*    Add \<label\>-tags to the output
     label\_ids          boolean                        No                     *FALSE*    Add id-attributes to \<label\> and \<input\> to the output
       escape            boolean                        No                      *TRUE*    Escape the output / content (values are always escaped)
       strict            boolean                        No                     *FALSE*    Will make the \"extra\" attributes *disabled* and *readonly* only be set, if they were supplied with either boolean *TRUE* or string *\"disabled\"* and *\"readonly\"* respectively

-   Required attributes are `values` and `output`, unless you use
    `options` instead.

-   All output is XHTML compliant.

-   All parameters that are not in the list above are printed as
    name/value-pairs inside each of the created \<input\>-tags.

<!-- -->


    <?php

    $smarty->assign('cust_ids', array(1000,1001,1002,1003));
    $smarty->assign('cust_names', array(
                                    'Joe Schmoe',
                                    'Jack Smith',
                                    'Jane Johnson',
                                    'Charlie Brown')
                                  );
    $smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001);

    ?>

      

where template is


    {html_checkboxes name='id' values=$cust_ids output=$cust_names
       selected=$customer_id  separator='<br />'}

      

or where PHP code is:


    <?php

    $smarty->assign('cust_checkboxes', array(
                                         1000 => 'Joe Schmoe',
                                         1001 => 'Jack Smith',
                                         1002 => 'Jane Johnson',
                                         1003 => 'Charlie Brown')
                                       );
    $smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001);

    ?>

      

and the template is


    {html_checkboxes name='id' options=$cust_checkboxes
       selected=$customer_id separator='<br />'}

      

both examples will output:


    <label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1000" />Joe Schmoe</label><br />
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1001" checked="checked" />Jack Smith</label>
    <br />
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1002" />Jane Johnson</label><br />
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="id[]" value="1003" />Charlie Brown</label><br />

      


    <?php

    $sql = 'select type_id, types from contact_types order by type';
    $smarty->assign('contact_types',$db->getAssoc($sql));

    $sql = 'select contact_id, contact_type_id, contact '
           .'from contacts where contact_id=12';
    $smarty->assign('contact',$db->getRow($sql));

    ?>

      

The results of the database queries above would be output with.


    {html_checkboxes name='contact_type_id' options=$contact_types
            selected=$contact.contact_type_id separator='<br />'}

See also [`{html_radios}`](#language.function.html.radios) and
[`{html_options}`](#language.function.html.options)