Using an HTML checkbox to put 1 or 0 into a MySQL table

Question

I am using a simple HTML checkbox in a form to put a 1 for checked and a 0 for unchecked in a field called \"subcheck\" in a MySQL table.

Does the checkbox default t

Answer 1

If the checkbox isn't ticked then nothing is sent to the server. Instead, you can provide a default value with:

$subcheck = (isset($_POST['subcheck'])) ? 1 : 0;