There is a similar question which limits the number of characters for allowed in a form input.
In my case I want to limit the number of digits that can be added after the decimal point to 2 digits.
<input type="text" maxlength="2"/>
Is there a way to limit the digits after a decimal point (.) ?
As I am not aware of any way to do it in HTML…
Here is how I'll do it with some JavaScript, using a RegEx to delete the extra decimals:
var myInput = document.querySelector('#fixed2');
myInput.addEventListener("keyup", function(){
myInput.value = myInput.value.replace(/(\.\d{2})\d+/g, '$1');
});
<input id="fixed2" type="text" />
Note that I used the keyup event here, so that you can see the automatic deletion. But it works great with input too!
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We could generalize this method to work with multiple inputs, using a custom attribute like decimals:
(I'm using input event here, so you see the difference)
var myInputs = document.querySelectorAll('.fixed');
myInputs.forEach(function(elem) {
elem.addEventListener("input", function() {
var dec = elem.getAttribute('decimals');
var regex = new RegExp("(\\.\\d{" + dec + "})\\d+", "g");
elem.value = elem.value.replace(regex, '$1');
});
});
<input class="fixed" type="text" decimals="2" placeholder="2 decimals only" />
<br><br>
<input class="fixed" type="text" decimals="3" placeholder="3 decimals only" />
Hope it helps.
I think best option is to resovle this with jQuery validator, where you can add requirments for each field that you are using. If you are trying to resovle this with HTML5 it might happen that in some browsers it will not work in a way you want.
Check this --> https://jqueryvalidation.org/
--> https://jqueryvalidation.org/maxlength-method/
If you are comfortable using scripts, then you may try the following approach:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("input").on("blur", function() {
$(this).val(parseFloat($(this).val()).toFixed(2));
})
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="number" step="0.01" min="0" />
The following solution works with number inputs and therefor defends against alphabetical characters (unlike the currently accepted answer):
function limitDecimalPlaces(e, count) {
if (e.target.value.indexOf('.') == -1) { return; }
if ((e.target.value.length - e.target.value.indexOf('.')) > count) {
e.target.value = parseFloat(e.target.value).toFixed(count);
}
}
<input type="number" oninput="limitDecimalPlaces(event, 2)" />
Note that this cannot AFAIK, defend against this chrome bug with the number input.
Is there's any way to format an input[type='number'] value to always show 2 decimal places?
Example: I want to see 0.00 instead of 0.
Solved following the suggestions and adding a piece of jQuery to force the format on integers:
parseFloat($(this).val()).toFixed(2)
You can't really do this just with HTML, but you a halfway step might be:
<input type='number' step='0.01' value='0.00' placeholder='0.00' />
Using the step attribute will enable it. It not only determines how much it's supposed to cycle, but the allowable numbers, as well. Using step="0.01" should do the trick but this may depend on how the browser adheres to the standard.
<input type='number' step='0.01' value='5.00'>
The solutions which use input="number" step="0.01" work great for me in Chrome, however do not work in some browsers, specifically Frontmotion Firefox 35 in my case.. which I must support.
My solution was to jQuery with Igor Escobar's jQuery Mask plugin, as follows:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.usd_input').mask('00000.00', { reverse: true });
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.mask/1.14.16/jquery.mask.min.js" integrity="sha512-pHVGpX7F/27yZ0ISY+VVjyULApbDlD0/X0rgGbTqCE7WFW5MezNTWG/dnhtbBuICzsd0WQPgpE4REBLv+UqChw==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<input type="text" autocomplete="off" class="usd_input" name="dollar_amt">
This works well, of course one should check the submitted value afterward :) NOTE, if I did not have to do this for browser compatibility I would use the above answer by #Rich Bradshaw.
Based on this answer from #Guilherme Ferreira you can trigger the parseFloat method every time the field changes. Therefore the value always shows two decimal places, even if a user changes the value by manual typing a number.
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".floatNumberField").change(function() {
$(this).val(parseFloat($(this).val()).toFixed(2));
});
});
</script>
<input type="number" class="floatNumberField" value="0.00" placeholder="0.00" step="0.01" />
If you landed here just wondering how to limit to 2 decimal places I have a native javascript solution:
Javascript:
function limitDecimalPlaces(e, count) {
if (e.target.value.indexOf('.') == -1) { return; }
if ((e.target.value.length - e.target.value.indexOf('.')) > count) {
e.target.value = parseFloat(e.target.value).toFixed(count);
}
}
HTML:
<input type="number" oninput="limitDecimalPlaces(event, 2)" />
Note that this cannot AFAIK, defend against this chrome bug with the number input.
This works to enforce a max of 2 decimal places without automatically rounding to 2 places if the user isn't finished typing.
function naturalRound(e) {
let dec = e.target.value.indexOf(".")
let tooLong = e.target.value.length > dec + 3
let invalidNum = isNaN(parseFloat(e.target.value))
if ((dec >= 0 && tooLong) || invalidNum) {
e.target.value = e.target.value.slice(0, -1)
}
}
I know this is an old question, but it seems to me that none of these answers seem to answer the question being asked so hopefully this will help someone in the future.
Yes you can always show 2 decimal places, but unfortunately it can't be done with the element attributes alone, you have to use JavaScript.
I should point out this isn't ideal for large numbers as it will always force the trailing zeros, so the user will have to move the cursor back instead of deleting characters to set a value greater than 9.99
//Use keyup to capture user input & mouse up to catch when user is changing the value with the arrows
$('.trailing-decimal-input').on('keyup mouseup', function (e) {
// on keyup check for backspace & delete, to allow user to clear the input as required
var key = e.keyCode || e.charCode;
if (key == 8 || key == 46) {
return false;
};
// get the current input value
let correctValue = $(this).val().toString();
//if there is no decimal places add trailing zeros
if (correctValue.indexOf('.') === -1) {
correctValue += '.00';
}
else {
//if there is only one number after the decimal add a trailing zero
if (correctValue.toString().split(".")[1].length === 1) {
correctValue += '0'
}
//if there is more than 2 decimal places round backdown to 2
if (correctValue.toString().split(".")[1].length > 2) {
correctValue = parseFloat($(this).val()).toFixed(2).toString();
}
}
//update the value of the input with our conditions
$(this).val(correctValue);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="my-number-input" class="form-control trailing-decimal-input" type="number" min="0.01" step="0.01" value="0.00" />
This is a quick formatter in JQuery using the .toFixed(2) function for two decimal places.
<input class="my_class_selector" type='number' value='33'/>
// if this first call is in $(document).ready() it will run
// after the page is loaded and format any of these inputs
$(".my_class_selector").each(format_2_dec);
function format_2_dec() {
var curr_val = parseFloat($(this).val());
$(this).val(curr_val.toFixed(2));
}
Cons: you have to call this every time the input number is changed to reformat it.
// listener for input being changed
$(".my_class_selector").change(function() {
// potential code wanted after a change
// now reformat it to two decimal places
$(".my_class_selector").each(format_2_dec);
});
Note: for some reason even if an input is of type 'number' the jQuery val() returns a string. Hence the parseFloat().
The top answer gave me the solution but I didn't like that the user input was changed immediately so I added delay which in my opinion contributes to a better user experience
var delayTimer;
function input(ele) {
clearTimeout(delayTimer);
delayTimer = setTimeout(function() {
ele.value = parseFloat(ele.value).toFixed(2).toString();
}, 800);
}
<input type='number' oninput='input(this)'>
https://jsfiddle.net/908rLhek/1/
My preferred approach, which uses data attributes to hold the state of the number:
const el = document.getElementById('amt');
// react to stepping in UI
el.addEventListener('onchange', ev => ev.target.dataset.val = ev.target.value * 100)
// react to keys
el.addEventListener('onkeyup', ev => {
// user cleared field
if (!ev.target.value) ev.target.dataset.val = ''
// non num input
if (isNaN(ev.key)) {
// deleting
if (ev.keyCode == 8)
ev.target.dataset.val = ev.target.dataset.val.slice(0, -1)
// num input
} else ev.target.dataset.val += ev.key
ev.target.value = parseFloat(ev.target.dataset.val) / 100
})
<input id="amt" type='number' step='0.01' />
ui-number-mask for angular, https://github.com/assisrafael/angular-input-masks
only this:
<input ui-number-mask ng-model="valores.irrf" />
If you put value one by one....
need: 120,01
digit per digit
= 0,01
= 0,12
= 1,20
= 12,00
= 120,01 final number.
Take a look at this:
<input type="number" step="0.01" />
This is the correct answer:
<input type="number" step="0.01" min="-9999999999.99" max="9999999999.99"/>
I'm making a form where the user can enter a dollar amount using an html number input tag. Is there a way to have the input box always display 2 decimal places?
So if someone else stumbles upon this here is a JavaScript solution to this problem:
Step 1: Hook your HTML number input box to an onchange event
myHTMLNumberInput.onchange = setTwoNumberDecimal;
or in the html code if you so prefer
<input type="number" onchange="setTwoNumberDecimal" min="0" max="10" step="0.25" value="0.00" />
Step 2: Write the setTwoDecimalPlace method
function setTwoNumberDecimal(event) {
this.value = parseFloat(this.value).toFixed(2);
}
By changing the '2' in toFixed you can get more or less decimal places if you so prefer.
an inline solution combines Groot and Ivaylo suggestions in the format below:
onchange="(function(el){el.value=parseFloat(el.value).toFixed(2);})(this)"
An even simpler solution would be this (IF you are targeting ALL number inputs in a particular form):
//limit number input decimal places to two
$(':input[type="number"]').change(function(){
this.value = parseFloat(this.value).toFixed(2);
});
What other folks posted here mainly worked, but using onchange doesn't work when I change the number using arrows in the same direction more than once. What did work was oninput. My code (mainly borrowing from MC9000):
HTML
<input class="form-control" oninput="setTwoNumberDecimal(this)" step="0.01" value="0.00" type="number" name="item[amount]" id="item_amount">
JS
function setTwoNumberDecimal(el) {
el.value = parseFloat(el.value).toFixed(2);
};
The accepted solution here is incorrect.
Try this in the HTML:
onchange="setTwoNumberDecimal(this)"
and the function to look like:
function setTwoNumberDecimal(el) {
el.value = parseFloat(el.value).toFixed(2);
};
Pure html is not able to do what you want. My suggestion would be to write a simple javascript function to do the roudning for you.
You can use Telerik's numerictextbox for a lot of functionality:
<input id="account_rate" data-role="numerictextbox" data-format="#.00" data-min="0.01" data-max="100" data-decimals="2" data-spinners="false" data-bind="value: account_rate_value" onchange="APP.models.rates.buttons_state(true);" />
The core code is free to download
I used #carpetofgreenness's answer in which you listen for input event instead of change as in the accepted one, but discovered that in any case deleting characters isn't handled properly.
Let's say we've got an input with the value of "0.25". The user hits "Backspace", the value turns into "0.20", and it appears impossible to delete any more characters, because "0" is always added at the end by the function.
To take care of that, I added a guard clause for when the user deletes a character:
if (e.inputType == "deleteContentBackward") {
return;
}
This fixes the bug, but there's still one extra thing to cover - now when the user hits "Backspace" the value "0.25" changes to "0.2", but we still need the two digits to be present in the input when we leave it. To do that we can listen for the blur event and attach the same callback to it.
I ended up with this solution:
const setTwoNumberDecimal = (el) => {
el.value = parseFloat(el.value).toFixed(2);
};
const handleInput = (e) => {
if (e.inputType == "deleteContentBackward") {
return;
}
setTwoNumberDecimal(e.target);
};
const handleBlur = (e) => {
if (e.target.value !== "") {
setTwoNumberDecimal(e.target);
}
};
myHTMLNumberInput.addEventListener("input", handleInput);
myHTMLNumberInput.addEventListener("blur", handleBlur);
Look into toFixed for Javascript numbers. You could write an onChange function for your number field that calls toFixed on the input and sets the new value.
What I didn't like about all these solutions, is that they only work when a form is submitted or input field is blurred. I wanted Javascript to just prevent me from even typing more than two decimal places.
I've found the perfect solution for this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
var validate = function(e) {
var t = e.value;
e.value = (t.indexOf(".") >= 0) ? (t.substr(0, t.indexOf(".")) + t.substr(t.indexOf("."), 3)) : t;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p> Enter the number</p>
<input type="text" id="resultText" oninput="validate(this)" />
</body>
https://tutorial.eyehunts.com/js/javascript-limit-input-to-2-decimal-places-restrict-input-example/
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.js" integrity="sha256-H+K7U5CnXl1h5ywQfKtSj8PCmoN9aaq30gDh27Xc0jk=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.mask/1.14.16/jquery.mask.min.js" integrity="sha512-pHVGpX7F/27yZ0ISY+VVjyULApbDlD0/X0rgGbTqCE7WFW5MezNTWG/dnhtbBuICzsd0WQPgpE4REBLv+UqChw==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<input type="text" class = 'item_price' name="price" min="1.00" placeholder="Enter Price" value="{{ old('price') }}" step="">
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.item_price').mask('00000.00', { reverse: true });
});
</script>
give out is 99999.99
I have a textbox in a form, and I would like to set the maximum allowed number value to be 50. Is this possible with HTML? Thanks
Yes. Use maxlength attribute.
<input type="text" size="10" maxlength="50">
EDIT: I misunderstood your question. If you want it so that the max number is 50 and it accepts nothing else you should just check the value that is accepted in the input and if it is greater than 50, you can do something (clear the textbox, throw an error, apply an error class, etc). Maybe write a function to tell if it is a number and is <= 50?
function isValidNum(n) {
if (!isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n) && n<=50)
//do something
}
From HERE
I think you are looking for the maxlength attribute:
<input type="text" maxlength="10">
you could do it with javascript on the onblur event
function txtOnBlur(txt){
if (txt.value >50){
txt.value = "";
alert("No values over 50");
}
}
add add the onBlur="javascript:txtOnBlur(this);" attribute to your textbox.
If it's the char lenght, just add teh maxlenght attribute (maxlength="50").
As far as I understand, what you are looking for is more like this: Limit input box to 0-100
Crimson has submitted an answer that sounds exactly as the code you need. Edited and refined for your need, it will become:
<script>
function handleChange(input) {
if (input.value < 0) input.value = 0;
if (input.value > 50) input.value = 50;
}
</script>
And your textbox would look something like this:
<input type="text" onChange="handleChange(this)" />
You want this:
<input type="number" min="1" max="50" />
Thus 51 is too high. 50 is okay. This is a HTML5 attribute.
Maxlengh will allow 50 characters aka a number with 49 zeros after it. Which I don't think was what you mean.
Max will allow the input to have a value of no higher than specified.
You will still need to validate it server side how ever.
I've got a load of checkboxes that are checked by default. My users will probably uncheck a few (if any) of the checkboxes and leave the rest checked.
Is there any way to make the form POST the checkboxes that are not checked, rather than the ones that are checked?
The solution I liked the most so far is to put a hidden input with the same name as the checkbox that might not be checked. I think it works so that if the checkbox isn't checked, the hidden input is still successful and sent to the server but if the checkbox is checked it will override the hidden input before it. This way you don't have to keep track of which values in the posted data were expected to come from checkboxes.
<form>
<input type='hidden' value='0' name='selfdestruct'>
<input type='checkbox' value='1' name='selfdestruct'>
</form>
Add a hidden input for the checkbox with a different ID:
<input id='testName' type='checkbox' value='Yes' name='testName'>
<input id='testNameHidden' type='hidden' value='No' name='testName'>
Before submitting the form, disable the hidden input based on the checked condition:
form.addEventListener('submit', () => {
if(document.getElementById("testName").checked) {
document.getElementById('testNameHidden').disabled = true;
}
}
I solved it by using vanilla JavaScript:
<input type="hidden" name="checkboxName" value="0"><input type="checkbox" onclick="this.previousSibling.value=1-this.previousSibling.value">
Be careful not to have any spaces or linebreaks between this two input elements!
You can use this.previousSibling.previousSibling to get "upper" elements.
With PHP you can check the named hidden field for 0 (not set) or 1 (set).
My personal favorite is to add a hidden field with the same name that will be used if the check-box is unchecked. But the solution is not as easy as it may seems.
If you add this code:
<form>
<input type='hidden' value='0' name='selfdestruct'>
<input type='checkbox' value='1' name='selfdestruct'>
</form>
The browser will not really care about what you do here. The browser will send both parameters to the server, and the server has to decide what to do with them.
PHP for example takes the last value as the one to use (see: Authoritative position of duplicate HTTP GET query keys)
But other systems I worked with (based on Java) do it the way around - they offer you only the first value.
.NET instead will give you an array with both elements instead
I'll try to test this with node.js, Python and Perl at sometime.
you don't need to create a hidden field for all checkboxes just copy my code.
it will change the value of checkbox if not checked the value will assign 0 and if checkbox checked then assign value into 1
$("form").submit(function () {
var this_master = $(this);
this_master.find('input[type="checkbox"]').each( function () {
var checkbox_this = $(this);
if( checkbox_this.is(":checked") == true ) {
checkbox_this.attr('value','1');
} else {
checkbox_this.prop('checked',true);
//DONT' ITS JUST CHECK THE CHECKBOX TO SUBMIT FORM DATA
checkbox_this.attr('value','0');
}
})
})
A common technique around this is to carry a hidden variable along with each checkbox.
<input type="checkbox" name="mycheckbox" />
<input type="hidden" name="mycheckbox.hidden"/>
On the server side, we first detect list of hidden variables and for each of the hidden variable, we try to see if the corresponding checkbox entry is submitted in the form data or not.
The server side algorithm would probably look like:
for input in form data such that input.name endswith .hidden
checkboxName = input.name.rstrip('.hidden')
if chceckbName is not in form, user has unchecked this checkbox
The above doesn't exactly answer the question, but provides an alternate means of achieving similar functionality.
I know this question is 3 years old but I found a solution that I think works pretty well.
You can do a check if the $_POST variable is assigned and save it in a variable.
$value = isset($_POST['checkboxname'] ? 'YES' : 'NO';
the isset() function checks if the $_POST variable is assigned. By logic if it is not assigned then the checkbox is not checked.
$('input[type=checkbox]').on("change",function(){
var target = $(this).parent().find('input[type=hidden]').val();
if(target == 0)
{
target = 1;
}
else
{
target = 0;
}
$(this).parent().find('input[type=hidden]').val(target);
});
<p>
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="hidden" name="test_checkbox[]" value="0" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="hidden" name="test_checkbox[]" value="0" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="hidden" name="test_checkbox[]" value="0" />
</p>
If you leave out the name of the checkbox it doesn't get passed.
Only the test_checkbox array.
You can do some Javascript in the form's submit event. That's all you can do though, there's no way to get browsers to do this by themselves. It also means your form will break for users without Javascript.
Better is to know on the server which checkboxes there are, so you can deduce that those absent from the posted form values ($_POST in PHP) are unchecked.
I also like the solution that you just post an extra input field, using JavaScript seems a little hacky to me.
Depending on what you use for you backend will depend on which input goes first.
For a server backend where the first occurrence is used (JSP) you should do the following.
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="checkbox_1"/>
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="checkbox_1"/>
For a server backend where the last occurrence is used (PHP,Rails) you should do the following.
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="checkbox_1"/>
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="checkbox_1"/>
For a server backend where all occurrences are stored in a list data type ([],array). (Python / Zope)
You can post in which ever order you like, you just need to try to get the value from the input with the checkbox type attribute. So the first index of the list if the checkbox was before the hidden element and the last index if the checkbox was after the hidden element.
For a server backend where all occurrences are concatenated with a comma (ASP.NET / IIS)
You will need to (split/explode) the string by using a comma as a delimiter to create a list data type. ([])
Now you can attempt to grab the first index of the list if the checkbox was before the hidden element and grab the last index if the checkbox was after the hidden element.
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I would actually do the following.
Have my hidden input field with the same name with the checkbox input
<input type="hidden" name="checkbox_name[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox_name[]" value="1" />
and then when i post I first of all remove the duplicate values picked up in the $_POST array, atfer that display each of the unique values.
$posted = array_unique($_POST['checkbox_name']);
foreach($posted as $value){
print $value;
}
I got this from a post remove duplicate values from array
"I've gone with the server approach. Seems to work fine - thanks. – reach4thelasers Dec 1 '09 at 15:19" I would like to recommend it from the owner. As quoted: javascript solution depends on how the server handler (I didn't check it)
such as
if(!isset($_POST["checkbox"]) or empty($_POST["checkbox"])) $_POST["checkbox"]="something";
Most of the answers here require the use of JavaScript or duplicate input controls. Sometimes this needs to be handled entirely on the server-side.
I believe the (intended) key to solving this common problem is the form's submission input control.
To interpret and handle unchecked values for checkboxes successfully you need to have knowledge of the following:
The names of the checkboxes
The name of the form's submission input element
By checking whether the form was submitted (a value is assigned to the submission input element), any unchecked checkbox values can be assumed.
For example:
<form name="form" method="post">
<input name="value1" type="checkbox" value="1">Checkbox One<br/>
<input name="value2" type="checkbox" value="1" checked="checked">Checkbox Two<br/>
<input name="value3" type="checkbox" value="1">Checkbox Three<br/>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
When using PHP, it's fairly trivial to detect which checkboxes were ticked.
<?php
$checkboxNames = array('value1', 'value2', 'value3');
// Persisted (previous) checkbox state may be loaded
// from storage, such as the user's session or a database.
$checkboxesThatAreChecked = array();
// Only process if the form was actually submitted.
// This provides an opportunity to update the user's
// session data, or to persist the new state of the data.
if (!empty($_POST['submit'])) {
foreach ($checkboxNames as $checkboxName) {
if (!empty($_POST[$checkboxName])) {
$checkboxesThatAreChecked[] = $checkboxName;
}
}
// The new state of the checkboxes can be persisted
// in session or database by inspecting the values
// in $checkboxesThatAreChecked.
print_r($checkboxesThatAreChecked);
}
?>
Initial data could be loaded on each page load, but should be only modified if the form was submitted. Since the names of the checkboxes are known beforehand, they can be traversed and inspected individually, so that the the absence of their individual values indicates that they are not checked.
I've tried Sam's version first.
Good idea, but it causes there to be multiple elements in the form with the same name. If you use any javascript that finds elements based on name, it will now return an array of elements.
I've worked out Shailesh's idea in PHP, it works for me.
Here's my code:
/* Delete '.hidden' fields if the original is present, use '.hidden' value if not. */
foreach ($_POST['frmmain'] as $field_name => $value)
{
// Only look at elements ending with '.hidden'
if ( !substr($field_name, -strlen('.hidden')) ) {
break;
}
// get the name without '.hidden'
$real_name = substr($key, strlen($field_name) - strlen('.hidden'));
// Create a 'fake' original field with the value in '.hidden' if an original does not exist
if ( !array_key_exists( $real_name, $POST_copy ) ) {
$_POST[$real_name] = $value;
}
// Delete the '.hidden' element
unset($_POST[$field_name]);
}
You can also intercept the form.submit event and reverse check before submit
$('form').submit(function(event){
$('input[type=checkbox]').prop('checked', function(index, value){
return !value;
});
});
I use this block of jQuery, which will add a hidden input at submit-time to every unchecked checkbox. It will guarantee you always get a value submitted for every checkbox, every time, without cluttering up your markup and risking forgetting to do it on a checkbox you add later. It's also agnostic to whatever backend stack (PHP, Ruby, etc.) you're using.
// Add an event listener on #form's submit action...
$("#form").submit(
function() {
// For each unchecked checkbox on the form...
$(this).find($("input:checkbox:not(:checked)")).each(
// Create a hidden field with the same name as the checkbox and a value of 0
// You could just as easily use "off", "false", or whatever you want to get
// when the checkbox is empty.
function(index) {
var input = $('<input />');
input.attr('type', 'hidden');
input.attr('name', $(this).attr("name")); // Same name as the checkbox
input.attr('value', "0"); // or 'off', 'false', 'no', whatever
// append it to the form the checkbox is in just as it's being submitted
var form = $(this)[0].form;
$(form).append(input);
} // end function inside each()
); // end each() argument list
return true; // Don't abort the form submit
} // end function inside submit()
); // end submit() argument list
$('form').submit(function () {
$(this).find('input[type="checkbox"]').each( function () {
var checkbox = $(this);
if( checkbox.is(':checked')) {
checkbox.attr('value','1');
} else {
checkbox.after().append(checkbox.clone().attr({type:'hidden', value:0}));
checkbox.prop('disabled', true);
}
})
});
I see this question is old and has so many answers, but I'll give my penny anyway.
My vote is for the javascript solution on the form's 'submit' event, as some has pointed out. No doubling the inputs (especially if you have long names and attributes with php code mixed with html), no server side bother (that would require to know all field names and to check them down one by one), just fetch all the unchecked items, assign them a 0 value (or whatever you need to indicate a 'not checked' status) and then change their attribute 'checked' to true
$('form').submit(function(e){
var b = $("input:checkbox:not(:checked)");
$(b).each(function () {
$(this).val(0); //Set whatever value you need for 'not checked'
$(this).attr("checked", true);
});
return true;
});
this way you will have a $_POST array like this:
Array
(
[field1] => 1
[field2] => 0
)
What I did was a bit different. First I changed the values of all the unchecked checkboxes. To "0", then selected them all, so the value would be submitted.
function checkboxvalues(){
$("#checkbox-container input:checkbox").each(function({
if($(this).prop("checked")!=true){
$(this).val("0");
$(this).prop("checked", true);
}
});
}
I would prefer collate the $_POST
if (!$_POST['checkboxname']) !$_POST['checkboxname'] = 0;
it minds, if the POST doesn't have have the 'checkboxname'value, it was unckecked so, asign a value.
you can create an array of your ckeckbox values and create a function that check if values exist, if doesn`t, it minds that are unchecked and you can asign a value
Might look silly, but it works for me. The main drawback is that visually is a radio button, not a checkbox, but it work without any javascript.
HTML
Initialy checked
<span><!-- set the check attribute for the one that represents the initial value-->
<input type="radio" name="a" value="1" checked>
<input type="radio" name="a" value="0">
</span>
<br/>
Initialy unchecked
<span><!-- set the check attribute for the one that represents the initial value-->
<input type="radio" name="b" value="1">
<input type="radio" name="b" value="0" checked>
</span>
and CSS
span input
{position: absolute; opacity: 0.99}
span input:checked
{z-index: -10;}
span input[value="0"]
{opacity: 0;}
fiddle here
I'd like to hear any problems you find with this code, cause I use it in production
The easiest solution is a "dummy" checkbox plus hidden input if you are using jquery:
<input id="id" type="hidden" name="name" value="1/0">
<input onchange="$('#id').val(this.checked?1:0)" type="checkbox" id="dummy-id"
name="dummy-name" value="1/0" checked="checked/blank">
Set the value to the current 1/0 value to start with for BOTH inputs, and checked=checked if 1. The input field (active) will now always be posted as 1 or 0. Also the checkbox can be clicked more than once before submission and still work correctly.
Example on Ajax actions is(':checked') used jQuery instead of .val();
var params = {
books: $('input#users').is(':checked'),
news : $('input#news').is(':checked'),
magazine : $('input#magazine').is(':checked')
};
params will get value in TRUE OR FALSE..
Checkboxes usually represent binary data that are stored in database as Yes/No, Y/N or 1/0 values. HTML checkboxes do have bad nature to send value to server only if checkbox is checked! That means that server script on other site must know in advance what are all possible checkboxes on web page in order to be able to store positive (checked) or negative (unchecked) values. Actually only negative values are problem (when user unchecks previously (pre)checked value - how can server know this when nothing is sent if it does not know in advance that this name should be sent). If you have a server side script which dynamically creates UPDATE script there's a problem because you don't know what all checkboxes should be received in order to set Y value for checked and N value for unchecked (not received) ones.
Since I store values 'Y' and 'N' in my database and represent them via checked and unchecked checkboxes on page, I added hidden field for each value (checkbox) with 'Y' and 'N' values then use checkboxes just for visual representation, and use simple JavaScript function check() to set value of if according to selection.
<input type="hidden" id="N1" name="N1" value="Y" />
<input type="checkbox"<?php if($N1==='Y') echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> onclick="check(this);" />
<label for="N1">Checkbox #1</label>
use one JavaScript onclick listener and call function check() for each checkboxe on my web page:
function check(me)
{
if(me.checked)
{
me.previousSibling.previousSibling.value='Y';
}
else
{
me.previousSibling.previousSibling.value='N';
}
}
This way 'Y' or 'N' values are always sent to server side script, it knows what are fields that should be updated and there's no need for conversion of checbox "on" value into 'Y' or not received checkbox into 'N'.
NOTE: white space or new line is also a sibling so here I need .previousSibling.previousSibling.value. If there's no space between then only .previousSibling.value
You don't need to explicitly add onclick listener like before, you can use jQuery library to dynamically add click listener with function to change value to all checkboxes in your page:
$('input[type=checkbox]').click(function()
{
if(this.checked)
{
$(this).prev().val('Y');
}
else
{
$(this).prev().val('N');
}
});
#cpburnz got it right but to much code, here is the same idea using less code:
JS:
// jQuery OnLoad
$(function(){
// Listen to input type checkbox on change event
$("input[type=checkbox]").change(function(){
$(this).parent().find('input[type=hidden]').val((this.checked)?1:0);
});
});
HTML (note the field name using an array name):
<div>
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
<input type="hidden" name="field_name[34]" value="1"/>
</div>
<div>
<input type="checkbox">
<input type="hidden" name="field_name[35]" value="0"/>
</div>
<div>
And for PHP:
<div>
<input type="checkbox"<?=($boolean)?' checked="checked"':''?>>
<input type="hidden" name="field_name[<?=$item_id?>]" value="<?=($boolean)?1:0?>"/>
</div>
All answers are great, but if you have multiple checkboxes in a form with the same name and you want to post the status of each checkbox. Then i have solved this problem by placing a hidden field with the checkbox (name related to what i want).
<input type="hidden" class="checkbox_handler" name="is_admin[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="is_admin_ck[]" value="1" />
then control the change status of checkbox by below jquery code:
$(documen).on("change", "input[type='checkbox']", function() {
var checkbox_val = ( this.checked ) ? 1 : 0;
$(this).siblings('input.checkbox_handler').val(checkbox_val);
});
now on change of any checkbox, it will change the value of related hidden field. And on server you can look only to hidden fields instead of checkboxes.
Hope this will help someone have this type of problem. cheer :)
You can add hidden elements before submitting form.
$('form').submit(function() {
$(this).find('input[type=checkbox]').each(function (i, el) {
if(!el.checked) {
var hidden_el = $(el).clone();
hidden_el[0].checked = true;
hidden_el[0].value = '0';
hidden_el[0].type = 'hidden'
hidden_el.insertAfter($(el));
}
})
});
The problem with checkboxes is that if they are not checked then they are not posted with your form. If you check a checkbox and post a form you will get the value of the checkbox in the $_POST variable which you can use to process a form, if it's unchecked no value will be added to the $_POST variable.
In PHP you would normally get around this problem by doing an isset() check on your checkbox element. If the element you are expecting isn't set in the $_POST variable then we know that the checkbox is not checked and the value can be false.
if(!isset($_POST['checkbox1']))
{
$checkboxValue = false;
} else {
$checkboxValue = $_POST['checkbox1'];
}
But if you have created a dynamic form then you won't always know the name attribute of your checkboxes, if you don't know the name of the checkbox then you can't use the isset function to check if this has been sent with the $_POST variable.
function SubmitCheckBox(obj) {
obj.value = obj.checked ? "on" : "off";
obj.checked = true;
return obj.form.submit();
}
<input type=checkbox name="foo" onChange="return SubmitCheckBox(this);">
If you want to submit an array of checkbox values (including un-checked items) then you could try something like this:
<form>
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="your_checkbox_array[]"><input type="checkbox">Dog
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="your_checkbox_array[]"><input type="checkbox">Cat
</form>
$('form').submit(function(){
$('input[type="checkbox"]:checked').prev().val(1);
});