Checkbox array is empty (when checkboxes are checked)

[Tecknowjnkie]

I have a form containing checkboxes with name='catArr[]' and when checked and submitted print_r($_POST['catArr']) is empty. I can see them in LiveHeaders when the form is submitted. I have the identical form on another page and it works fine there and I can not find any errors in the form. It has to be some rediculous issue or typo yet I can not find it. I tried posting the code here but because it is a form it gets all hacked up. Any thoughts?

[QMonkey]

You should be able to post your code inside the php or code tags. Without seeing the code, though...

Try print_r($_POST) and see if catArr is there at all.
Is the page redirecting?

[Jhorra]

When you post your code you need to put it inside {code} or {php} tags.

Replace the { and } withe [ and ]

Then it will display as raw code just as you see it and not try to render it.

[Tecknowjnkie]

As stated print_r($_POST['catArr']) returns an empty array as 'Array'

Here is the code:

<form id="newItem" method="post" action="products.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p><label for="product_name">Product Name</label><br/>
<input type="text" name="product_name" /></p>
<p><label for="product_description">Description</label><br/>
<textarea id="product_description" name="product_description" rows="5" cols="30">
</textarea></p>
<p><label for="product_price">Product Price:</label><br/>
<input type="text" name="product_price" /></p>
<p><label for="product_height">Product Height</label><br/>
<input type="text" name="product_height" /></p>
<p><label for="product_width">Product Width</label><br/>
<input type="text" name="product_width" /></p>
<p><label for="product_weight">Product Weight</label><br/>
<input type="text" name="product_weight" /></p>
<table id="sCats">
<caption>Choose Category(s)</caption>
<?php 
$columns =4;
$i=0;
foreach($prodSubCatArr as $subCat) {
    if(($i % $columns) == 0) {
        echo "<tr>\n";
        }
        echo "<td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"catArr[]\" value=\"".$subCat['prodcatid']."\" /> ".$subCat['name'] ."</td>\n";
        if(($i % $columns) == ($columns - 1)) {
            echo "</tr>\n";
            }
        $i++;
    } ?>
</table>
<p><label for="product_image">Product Image:</label><br/>
<input type="file" name="product_image" /></p>
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="addItem" value="Add Item" />
<input type="submit" value="Cancel" onclick="tb_remove()" />
</form>

[tmapm]

Where is your opening form tag?

[Tecknowjnkie]

First line of displayed code

[tmapm]

It's not there...

[Hammer65]

First thing to do, is to do a view source on the form, select the HTML source, copy and paste it into a new document, and then try submitting using just the HTML.

If that gives you the same results than start simplifying the form. Make it a simple GET form and use print_r($_GET) comment out fields and so forth till you find the problem.

[QMonkey]

I think the form is fine. Do print_r($_POST) at the very top of the file and see if anything at all is there. It may be reset somewhere later in the code.

[Tecknowjnkie]

The included file strip_quotes.php';

which contains the below code was the culprit:

/**
 * Checks for magic_quotes_gpc = On and strips them from incoming
 * requests if necessary
 */
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
  $_GET    = array_map('stripslashes', $_GET);
  $_POST   = array_map('stripslashes', $_POST);
  $_COOKIE = array_map('stripslashes', $_COOKIE);
} 

Thank you for the help guys

[Hammer65]

Which is why I suggested taking PHP out of the picture. Glad you got it working. Make a copy of superglobals and work with the copy. It is possible to re-write them but it avoids confusion if you don't.