By idilas on

I'm trying to create a group of checkboxes using the profile module. Does anyone have samples or advice?

Thanks in advance.

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sskennel commented

Coincidentally, I'm trying to do the same thing right now. As an experiment, I added a checkbox to the 4.4.0 profile module:

--- profile.module.orig 2004-04-20 15:23:30.000000000 -0400
+++ profile.module      2004-04-23 13:10:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "homepage"      => array("textfield", t("URL of homepage"), "", 64, 64, t("Make sure you enter a fully qualified URL: remember to include \"http://\".")),
     "biography"     => array("textarea", t("Biography"), "", 64, 4, ""),
     "interests"     => array("textarea", t("Interests"), "", 64, 4, ""),
+    "programmer"     => array("checkbox", t("Are you a programmer?"), "", "", ""),
     "publickey"     => array("textarea", t("Public key"), "", 64, 4, ""),
     "avatar"        => array("", t("Avatar or picture"), t("Your virtual face or picture.  Maximum dimensions are %dimensions and the maximum size is %size kB.", array("%dimensions" => variable_get("profile_avatar_dimensions", "85x85"), "%size" => variable_get("profile_avatar_file_size", "30"))))
   );

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I enabled it and made it public. When I saved my account settings, this was added to my account's users.data:

s:18:"profile_programmer";s:1:"0";

When I checked the new checkbox and saved again, the data didn't change and the checkbox remained unchecked on the page. That's as far as I've gotten.

Roger H. Goun

Brentwood, NH

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idilas commented

I'm on the same boat.
I can get the checkboxes to display, but that's about it.

Have you checked your html source? It looks like the naming convention for checkboxes is generated differently.

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sskennel commented

This version correctly updates users.data with a "1" value when the box is checked.

"programmer" => array("checkbox", t("Are you a programmer?"), "1", "", ""),

The box is still not displayed with a check when the users.data already has a "1".

-- Roger

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sskennel commented

I submitted a bug report with a patch that fixes this problem.

Roger H. Goun
Brentwood, NH

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idilas commented

Here's a quick fix for those who don't want to wait for a patch... It's not ultra clean, but it works.

The problem is that drupal never sets the "value" for the checkbox

"programmer" => array("checkbox", t("Are you a programmer?"), "yes"),

In the above declaration, I left out the definition field, but you can add one following the value field ("yes" is the value field)

I've included the fix below. Note the if statement for checkboxes. I thought $field[2] would be a safe bet for the value field because the rest of the form element declarations don't seem to be using $field[2]

Hope that helps.

foreach ($profile_fields as $name => $field) {
if ($field[0] && in_array($name, $reg_fields)) {
$f = "form_". $field[0];
$t = "profile_". $name;

if ($field[0]=="checkbox") {
$output .= form_checkbox($field[1], $t, $field[2], $edit[$t]);
}
else {
$output .= $f((in_array($name, $required_fields) ? profile_required($field[1]) : $field[1]), $t, $edit[$t], $field[3], $field[4], $field[5], $field[6]);
}
}
}