Codeigniter: Form Validation still fails when checkbox is checked-CodePudding

I was wondering why my checkbox fails even after it has already been ticked. It is a checkbox for terms and conditions

Controller:

// Load the registration page
public function registration_page(){
    $this->load->view('includes/main_index');
    $this->load->view('recycler/forms/register');
    $this->load->view('includes/footer');
}

public function accept_terms_conditions()
    {
 //    Checkbox name is 'agree' which checks if the value of $checked
 //    is equal to 1 
        $checked = $this->input->post('agree');
        return (int) $checked == 1 ? TRUE : FALSE;
    }

$this->form_validation->set_rules('agree', '', 'callback_accept_terms_conditions');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
   // After form submission, it always goes here
   $this->registration_page();
} 
else{ /* Proceed to data insertion */ }

I printed out the post value of it using print_r function and it returned 1, yet the validation still fails. $this->form_validation->run() == FALSE means that if the form validation has errors, it will go back to the register view, which is the $this->register() method call.

print_r

ticked checkbox

Does anyone know why it keeps failing?

EDIT: Added the method for loading the registration view which is the register() method

CodePudding user response：

A checkbox brings "on" as value when it is checked not 1.

public function accept_terms_conditions()
{
// returns true if the checkbox 'agree' has been checked 
 return ($this->input->post('agree') === 'on');
}

And your condition is wrong, you are saying that if the validation has failed then call method register I think it should be the other way round.

CodePudding user response：

try

public function accept_terms_conditions() {
  $checked = ($this->input->post('agree')) ? TRUE : FALSE;
  return $checked;
}