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I have a checkbox field that is populate with user choices. I need to get the values they have selected from within a plugin. Here is my attempt. Not working.
$entry = craft()->entries->getEntryById($entryId, $localeId = null);
foreach ($entry->storyCategories->options as $option) {
var_dump($option);
}
Can somebody please show me how to get these selected values?
You can pull an array of all the options for a checkbox field by calling getOptions():
$options = $entry->storyCategories->getOptions();
Each option will be an object with three properties, label, value and selected. To get all selected options for a field, you can loop through the options and test for the selected property:
$options = $entry->storyCategories->getOptions();
$selectedOptions = array();
foreach ( $options as $option ) {
if ( $option->selected ) {
$selectedOptions[] = $option;
}
}
Note that this exact code will work for Dropdown, Multi-select and Radio button fields as well.
field_storyCategories in the database table craft_content, but as long as you use the EntriesService there's no JSON involved in the transport, no. If you have any other questions regarding updating entries/fields etc. it would probably be best to create a new question :)
– Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff
Apr 7 '15 at 7:48
