Simple Radio Button

[sfg789]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to create two simple php radio buttons but I'm not having any luck. I'm trying to create the two buttons so that only one choice can be made.

Since, the form I'm using has a specific format, I tried integrating the radio buttons in but when you click on the radio buttons, both selections can be made, and you can't "uncheck" the buttons once they have been made.

The choices are either a "Personal Need" or a "Business Need"

Any help is appreciated

$form['needs1'] = array(
'#type' => 'radio',
'#title' => t('Personal Need'),
'#size' => 20,
'#value' => 0,
'#values' => array( 0 => 'no', 1 => 'yes'),
'#required' => TRUE
);

$form['needs2'] = array(
'#type' => 'radio',
'#title' => t('Business Need'),
'#size' => 20,
'#value' => 0,
'#values' => array( 0 => 'no', 1 => 'yes'),
'#required' => TRUE
);

[jatar_k]

have you viewed source to see if the html is correct. If you can select both then they aren't being created properly.

my wild guess is that the title (in the above arrays) needs to be the same

[dreamcatcher]

If you want check/uncheck options, shouldn`t you be thinking of a checkbox?

dc

[sfg789]

I meant to say, if someone makes a mistake clicking for example "Personal Need", they need to be able to unclick the radio button and the green dot to go away.

[PHP_Chimp]

Sounds like what dreamcatcher was talking about.
A radio button is not an on/off, its a select 1 from the following.
So if you want an on/off you want a check box, then they can say yes or no. Based on there response to the check box you can then offer other questions to them.

[sfg789]

I still don't think you guys are understanding what i'm trying to do. I want to be able to have the person at the form choose one or the other (NOT BOTH). So if they choose option #1, but they really want option #2, they should be able to click option #2 and the green dot on #1 to go away. Currently, with the code I have, it lets you choose both options which I don't want.

[jatar_k]

that was what I understood from your original post. Did you check the source as I mentioned.

You could post the html from those 2 radio buttons here

[sfg789]

There is no html for the radio buttons since I'm not sure where it would go in the .php file.

[jatar_k]

what I mean is to view the form in your browser and then view the source of the output page.

If you look at the html then you might be able to better figure out what the PHP is doing and figure out what you did wrong.

[sfg789]

Here is the html output as requested..Thanks

<div class="form-item">
<label class="option"><input type="radio" name="needs1" value="" class="form-radio required" /> Personal Need</label>
</div>
<div class="form-item">
<label class="option"><input type="radio" name="needs2" value="" class="form-radio required" /> Business Need</label>
</div>

[whoisgregg]

The name of radio buttons need to match for them to "know" who their companions are:

<div class="form-item"> 
<label class="option"><input type="radio" name="needs" value="1" class="form-radio required" /> Personal Need</label> 
</div> 
<div class="form-item"> 
<label class="option"><input type="radio" name="needs" value="2" class="form-radio required" /> Business Need</label> 
</div> 

[sfg789]

When I change both $form['needs1'] and $form['needs2'] in the php code to $form['needs'] the only option that shows up now on the form is "Business Need".

In the output, the value still shows up with neither a 1 or 2 even after changing it to a 1 or 2 in the php.

<div class="form-item">
<label class="option"><input type="radio" name="needs" value="" class="form-radio required" /> Business Need</label>
</div>

[too much information]

I'm not exactly familiar with how your method works to create your form but could you do something like this:

$form['needs'] = array(
('#type' => 'radio',
'#title' => t('Personal Need'),
'#size' => 20,
'#value' => 0,
'#values' => array( 0 => 'no', 1 => 'yes'),
'#required' => TRUE ),
('#type' => 'radio',
'#title' => t('Business Need'),
'#size' => 20,
'#value' => 0,
'#values' => array( 0 => 'no', 1 => 'yes'),
'#required' => TRUE)
);

[sfg789]

Hi, thanks for the info. I tried what you posted above, but the page breaks.

[sfg789]

Is there another way to do this? Thanks

[borntobeweb]

Here's the thing, the two PHP statements you've posted don't really generate any HTML code by themselves, they simply assign values to the $form array, which i presume gets used later on to generate the HTML code for the form. It looks like you're using some type of API (i'm guessing as part of a CMS like Drupal) and without telling us which one, we can't help you much. So... you need to read the API's documentation more carefully and figure out how to define the $form entry for radio buttons correctly. You may also find help more easily on the particular API/CMS's message board.

I'm going to take a stab at it and give you this code:

$form['needs'] = array(
'#type' => 'radio',
'#title' => t('What is this for?'),
'#value' => 'p',
'#values' => array( 'p' => 'Personal Need', 'b' => 'Business Need'),
'#required' => TRUE
);

But your best bet is to read the API's documentation on creating radio buttons.

[sfg789]

Hi, yes this is for Drupal.

When i added the code you posted, it only gave me one radio button.

I need to have two buttons with obviously the Personal Need or Business Need.

Thanks

[jatar_k]

who made the script? don't they have docs available?

[sfg789]

It's a custom script fitted around Drupal's code. Drupal has API documentation on radio buttons but it isn't helping much at all.