Checkbox not checked

You haven’t completely output the checkbox if you didn’t output the checked attribute. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input#htmlattrdefchecked

Not sure how this is a WordPress question ?
See attached – your missing the word ‘checked’ in your input :
https://ibb.co/zGnZfS4
So add that into your loop.

Why are some checkboxes showing ‘TRUE’ while others are showing ‘1’ ?

Thank you for your response. I was testing and tried both TRUE and 1.
If I add check to the code, it checks the box. I want to find out if the box is already checked, not check it.

echo “<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox name=AllThoseBooks value='”.$row->AllThoseBooks.”‘></td></tr>”; I think I need to add “TRUE” to the value attribute, but am having trouble with the syntax.

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I’m not sure why you are providing this echo statement if you don’t want to check the box to On if the value is True.

See attached – you *already know* if the box is checked or not, it’s in your array, right here :
[CivicActionGroups] => TRUE

https://ibb.co/JqtDjk9

Thank you. The desired sequence is:
Data is in the table.
this page displays the data for a member ID.
The data is edited for a member.
As you note, [CivicActionGroups] => TRUE , but the box is not checked on the form.
Perhaps the member does not want to be in Civic Action Groups anymore, and I would edit the record to uncheck the box, but the box does not reflect the data in the table, and my issue is how do I get the box to display the checkmark if the data is true? I don’t know how to edit
value=’”.$row->AllThoseBooks.”‘ to include value=”TRUE” which I suspect is the problem

Yes.
You need to insert the string checked into the input type here if true :
echo “<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox checked name=AllThoseBooks value='”.$row->AllThoseBooks.”‘></td></tr>”;

So you will need a conditional statement for this.

See https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/checked/

I’m sorry to be so slow to realize that a checkbox in this environment does not automatically display a true value as a checkmark. I am migrating a db from an Access
system where a checkbox automatically displays if true. Can you point me to an example of how I combine this condition of value = “TRUE” with echo “<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox checked name=AllThoseBooks value=’”.$row->AllThoseBooks.”‘></td></tr>”;

You’re not really showing us enough of your loop to be accurate – it depends on what sort of loop you are already using tbh.
But rudimentarily, just loop through your array :
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php
or :
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-intersect.php

if(in_array('AllThoseBooks', $_POST['ArrayName'])){
  $checktrue='checked'
}

Then in your input echo, you could just always output $checkedtrue :
echo '<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox ' . $checkedtrue . ' name=AllThoseBooks value='".$row->AllThoseBooks."'></td></tr>";

But – this will work, but it may not be the most efficient approach.

Also, if you are getting this error, it’s bc your concatenation delimiters are incorrect :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘checked’ (T_STRING), expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /home4/hsysgrpc/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-child/custom-page_Members_Desc.php on line 88

Just double check your strings :
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.string.php

echo '<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox name="AllThoseBooks" value="AllThoseBooks" '. checked( in_array("AllThoseBooks", $row) . ' /></td></tr>';
but I don’t know that $row is an array

We’re getting close..yes, it’s an array, foreach($retrieve_data as $row){$row…..
first echo works but no check; second echo has the conditional statement and gets an error line 89 shouldn’t /> be just > as it closes the input?

 echo "<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox   name=AllThoseBooks value='".$row->AllThoseBooks."'></td></tr>";			
		

 echo "<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type=checkbox name=AllThoseBooks value='AllThoseBooks '. checked( in_array("AllThoseBooks", $row->AllThoseBooks) .  /></td></tr>";

Try this :

echo '<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type="checkbox" name="AllThoseBooks" value="AllThoseBooks" ' . checked( in_array("AllThoseBooks", $row->AllThoseBooks)) . ' /></td></tr>';

Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /home4/hsysgrpc/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-child/custom-page_Members_Desc.php on line 90
All those Books and the checkbox displays, but no check.

echo '<tr><th>All Those Books</th><td><input type="checkbox" name="AllThoseBooks" value="AllThoseBooks" ' . checked( in_array("AllThoseBooks", $row)) . ' /></td></tr>';

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