how to save checkboxes values in cakephp using ajax? - ajax

Question

I want to save the values of the checkbox using ajax.
Here is my current code that I wish to update to use ajax.
here is the view
<?php $i = 0;
foreach ($summary as $sum) {
?>
<tr class="font-size12">
<td><p><?php echo $sum['posts']['title']; ?></p></td>
<td class="width450"><p><?php echo $sum['posts']['content']; ?></p></td>
<td><p class="margin-left28"><?php echo $sum['members']['username']; ?></p></td>
<td><p><?php echo $sum['posts']['deadline']; ?></p></td>
<?php echo $this->Form->create("Posts", array("action" => "update_checkbox")) ?>
<td>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('Post.' . $i . '.id', array("type" => "hidden", "label" => false, "value" =>
$sum['posts']['id']))
?>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('Post.' . $i . '.done', array("type" => "checkbox", "label" => false, "value" => "1", "id" => "idCheck[]", "onclick" => "getboxes()"))
?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php $i++;
}
?>
</table>
<?php echo $this->Form->end() ?>
the javascript
function getboxes(){
$("idCheck[]").click(function(){
$.ajax({
url: '../../../../Controller/PostsController',
data: { action: 'checkingBox' },
type: 'post'
// ,
// success: function(output) {
// alert(output);
// }
});
});
}
the controller
public function update_checkbox() {
// debug($this->data);
$var = $this->Post->saveCheckBox($this->data);
$this->set("result", $var);
}
the model
public function saveCheckBox($checkbox) {
debug($checkbox);
$this->saveAll($checkbox['Post']);
}
edit: I added a listener in the checkbox

Answer 1

According to your current code, there are two ways to store check-boxes values into the database.
Either You will have to manipulate the posted data received into your ajax_method()
and make it the array like below
[Post] => array(
[0] => ....
[1] => ....
);
Then you c an use $this->Post->saveAll($this->request->data);
or you can use the following code to save checkbox values into the database.
echo $this->Form->input('Case.CHECK_ID][', array('type' => 'checkbox'));
Then you can use saveAll() method.