Extrafields Radio Button

[hel68c]

Hi,

I'm trying to add Radio Button to Extrafields but nothing appear in viewlisting

Look at my process:

• I add field type radio in administration/categories/Extra fields
  
  http://hobbyclassified.com/temp/admin_extrafields1.jpg
  http://hobbyclassified.com/temp/admin_extrafields2.jpg

• I can see when I add listing
  
  http://hobbyclassified.com/temp/addlisting.jpg

• But I can't see selected option in view listing
  
  http://hobbyclassified.com/temp/viewlisting.jpg

In Listings.php function modify_listing_fields I duplicate those line and change code

PHP Code:

                        elseif($row['fType']=="R")
                        {
                            //radio
                            $optdata.="<tr><td nowrap=\"nowrap\" valign=\"top\" width=\"5%\">".$star ." ". $row['fName'].":</td><td align='left' class='formright'>";
                            $ssql="SELECT optID,fieldID,optValue,optValue_fr,optOrder FROM ".PREFIX."fields_options WHERE fieldID='".$row['fID']."' ORDER BY optValue";
                            $resultsets=$db->query($ssql);
                            $selectedOpt=explode("|", $arow['sValue']);
                            while($opt=$resultsets->fetch())
                            {
                                if (in_array($opt['optValue'], $selectedOpt)) 
                                {
                                    $checked=" CHECKED";
                                }
                                $optdata.="<input type=\"radio\" name=\"opt".$row['fID']."[]\" value=\"".$opt['optValue']."\"".$checked." />".$opt['optValue']."<br />\n";
                                $checked="";
                            }
                            $optdata.="</td></tr>\n";
                        } 


In Listings.php function function extra_listing_fields I duplicate those line and change code

PHP Code:

                            elseif($row['fType']=="R")
                            {
                                //radio
                                $optdata.="<tr><td align='left' class='formleft'>".$star ." ". $row['fName']." :</td><td align='left' class='formright'>";
                                $ssql="SELECT optID,fieldID,optValue,optValue_fr,optOrder FROM ".PREFIX."fields_options WHERE fieldID='".$row['fID']."' ORDER BY optValue";
                                $resultsets=$db->query($ssql);
                                $selectedOpt=explode("|", $arow['sValue']);
                                while($opt=$resultsets->fetch())
                                {
                                    if (in_array($opt['optValue'], $selectedOpt)) 
                                    {
                                        $checked=" CHECKED";
                                    }
                                    $optdata.="<input type=\"radio\" name=\"opt".$row['fID']."[]\" value=\"".$opt['optValue']."\"".$checked." />".$opt['optValue']."<br />\n";
                                    $checked="";
                                }
                                $optdata.="</td></tr>\n";
                            } 


Yet the field type checked box has the same properties as the field type radio button.


I can not find my mistake!

[hel68c]

Any idea where I can look at?

[Eric Barnes]

Maybe I am wrong or just to tired. But doesn't radio fields only allow for one selection just like a select list?

[Mike-N-Tosh]

@Eric
No, you're not too tired. That is the point of a radio button group, to only allow one selected option.

-Mike

[hel68c]

I would like the option radio button to allow the customer to enter their listings more quickly.

Considering that I have several drop down field. Adding ads becomes heavy.

If as example I offer a choice to a client as:

• commercial or personnal
• Sales or Wanted
• Seller or Buyer

I think it's much faster and efficient a radio button with only 2 or three choices than a drop down list.

[Lhotch]

Originally Posted by hel68c

I would like the option radio button to allow the customer to enter their listings more quickly.

Considering that I have several drop down field. Adding ads becomes heavy.

If as example I offer a choice to a client as:

• commercial or personnal
• Sales or Wanted
• Seller or Buyer

I think it's much faster and efficient a radio button with only 2 or three choices than a drop down list.

I applaud your willingness to jump in and try and tackle this but you really should take some time to understand the basics of what you are trying to do before you just start hacking up the code.

an html form can consist of different types of input elements. All of these elements have a "name" and in turn a value that gets passed to an underlying script.

A "text field" for example has a name and a single value. a "radio button" has a name and a SINGLE VALUE. A checkbox on the other hand has a name and potentially MANY values.

In php a variable that has many values is an array and as such each value of the array is accessed by a KEY.

The programmatic way you get data from an array is different than the way you get data from a plain old single value variable.

So what you are doing is treating a single value variable (ie radio button) and trying to process it like you would an array and that will account for, at least in part, why you are not getting the results you are looking for.

[hel68c]

Larry thank you for these details. So in summarize I have to treat the radio button as text?

So watch out PHP I'm coming! :-)

I will try to implement your advice.