getQuery() returns only one value

Question

I have a URL passing values from form checkboxes to a template. All the checkboxes are grouped with the same name= attribute. When multiple checkboxes are selected, the query string looks something like:

?checkValue=12345&checkValue=23456&checkValue=34567

However, craft.request.getQuery('checkValue') returns only the last value (34567 in this case).

How can I retrieve all the values so they can be used and manipulated?

EDIT: I've corrected the naming of the checkboxes from name="checkValue" to name="checkValue[]", so now my query string looks like this:

?checkValue%5B%5D=12345&checkValue%5B%5D=23456&checkValue%5B%5D=34567

Does that change what can be accessed using craft.request.getQuery('checkValue')?

Answer 1

This question is not really Craft related. Since you just don't send a valid request. You can't send one key multiple times unless you do it in an array.

The php $_GET is a simple array with all your values and you overwrite them again and again.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5098397/how-to-pass-an-array-in-get-in-php

Answer 2

Using the corrected checkbox name name=checkValue[] the submitted values

?checkValue%5B%5D=12345&checkValue%5B%5D=23456&checkValue%5B%5D=34567

are converted to an array. The array values can now be accessed using

{% set checkVals = craft.request.getQuery('checkValue') %}

{{ checkVals[1] }} {# outputs 23456 #}

or

{% for cVal in checkVals %}
    {{ cVal }}
{% endfor %}