checkbox remain checked after submit laravel - checkbox

Question

I have this simple checkbox.
My problem is, if I select any of the checkbox, it should remain checked after form submission.
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="water jet cutting"> Water Jet Cutting</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="plasma cutting"> Plasma Cutting</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="CNC router cutting"> CNC Router Cutting</label>
I tried to use my code before but no luck,
<?php
function isChecked($value)
{
return (!empty($_REQUEST['services_offered']) && in_array($value,$_REQUEST['services_offered']));
}
<label><input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="water jet cutting" <?php if(isChecked('water jet cutting')) echo ' checked' ?>> Water Jet Cutting</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="plasma cutting" <?php if(isChecked('plasma cutting')) echo ' checked' ?> > Plasma Cutting</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" name="services_offered[]" value="CNC router cutting" <?php if(isChecked('CNC router cutting')) echo ' checked' ?>> CNC Router Cutting</label>
I want it to convert in "laravel way" but I dont know how.
Hope you understand me.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't know if I understand you correct but:
The form does not post values of the checkboxes.
So I made hidden inputs associated with each checkbox and maintain there values with javascript something like:
$("#services_offered").change(function() {
if(this.checked) {
$('#services_offeredHidden').attr('value','1');
}
else {
$('#services_offeredHidden').attr('value','0');
}
});
In laravel controller I play only with hidden inputs which I get the from Request $request.
When you return the view from a controller you do like this
return view('nameOfView')->with('checkbox',$checkboxValue);
and the in the blade you can access the value using:
{{$checkbox}}
Hope it helps!

Answer 2

If you want the "Laravel way" of doing things then I suggest you check out the HTML package by Laravel Collective for marking up the HTML forms in your view. Also make sure the methods on your controller are receiving a Request as it's argument and maybe even checkout Laravel's built-in Form Request Validation as well.
Note, your current code is very old fashioned so it might take a while to learn how to do things the modern way but stick with it and you will be rewarded.
In your view you will open your form like this:
{!! Form::open(['url' => 'foo/bar']) !!}
//
{!! Form::close() !!}
Your method on the controller that receives the form will look something like this:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$name = $request->input('name');
//
}
But in general, because your question is too broad to answer clearly without basically re-writing your code for you, you need to start doing some tutorials to learn Laravel properly. I recommend Jeff Way's video tutorial courses on Laracasts.

Answer 3

I had a similar problem - here is how I solved it:
My blade template rendered a list of checkboxes as html:
<label for="sId1"><input type='checkbox' name='sIds[]' id="sId1" value="1" checked >Draft</label>
<label for="sId2"><input type='checkbox' name='sIds[]' id="sId2" value="2" checked >Submitted</label>
I wanted to a) default them all to checked; and b) preserve their checked/unchecked status between validations.
The key is to use the laravel helper function old() - and to realise the old() function returns an array - so you need to do an in_array(value,old()). You also need to cover when the old() is empty on first load by checking is old()==null:
Here is the blade template snippet I used to do it:
#foreach($wfStatusIdsArray as $wfsId=>$statusName)
<label for="sId{{$wfsId}}"><input type='checkbox' #if(old('sIds')==NULL || in_array($wfsId,old('sIds'))) checked #endif name='sIds[]' id="sId{{$wfsId}}" value="{{$wfsId}}">{{$statusName}}</label>
#endforeach
There is a bug in this - if ALL checkboxes are cleared, on validation, the checkboxes are reloaded as all ticked. This is fine for my situation so I have not fixed it. Let me know if you fix that bug!