Fixes #397 and Refs #2396 Can suppress the default value for both input/checkbox and input/checkboxes

git-svn-id: http://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@7424 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/views/default/input/checkbox.php b/views/default/input/checkbox.php
index 32bc323fd..e70064ddb 100644
--- a/views/default/input/checkbox.php
+++ b/views/default/input/checkbox.php
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * Elgg checkbox input
- * Displays a checkbox input field
+ * Displays a checkbox input tag
  * 
  * @package Elgg
  * @subpackage Core
+ *
+ *
+ * Pass input tag attributes as key value pairs. For a list of allowable
+ * attributes, see http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_input.asp
+ * 
+ * @uses mixed $vars['default'] The default value to submit if not checked.
+ *                              Optional, defaults to 0. Set to false for no default.
  */
 
 $defaults = array(
@@ -13,6 +20,17 @@ $defaults = array(
 
 $vars = array_merge($defaults, $vars);
 
+if (isset($vars['default'])) {
+	$default = $vars['default'];
+	unset($vars['default']);
+} else {
+	$default = 0;
+}
+
+if (isset($vars['name']) && $default !== false) {
+	echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"{$vars['name']}\" value=\"$default\"/>";
+}
+
 ?>
 
 <input type="checkbox" <?php echo elgg_format_attributes($vars); ?> />
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