Attribute Name Type Required Default Description name string No checkbox name of checkbox list values array Yes, unless using options attribute n/a an array of values for checkbox buttons output array Yes, unless using options attribute n/a an array of output for checkbox buttons selected string/array No empty the selected checkbox element(s) options associative array Yes, unless using values and output n/a an associative array of values and output separator string No empty string of text to separate each checkbox item labels boolean No true add <label>-tags to the output html_checkboxes is a custom function that creates an html checkbox group with provided data. It takes care of which item(s) are selected by default as well. Required attributes are values and output, unless you use options instead. All output is XHTML compatible. All parameters that are not in the list above are printed as name/value-pairs inside each of the created <input>-tags. assign('cust_ids', array(1000,1001,1002,1003)); $smarty->assign('cust_names', array('Joe Schmoe','Jack Smith','Jane Johnson','Charlie Brown')); $smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001); $smarty->display('index.tpl'); ?> ]]> where index.tpl is: "} ]]> assign('cust_checkboxes', array( 1000 => 'Joe Schmoe', 1001 => 'Jack Smith', 1002 => 'Jane Johnson', 1003 => 'Charlie Brown')); $smarty->assign('customer_id', 1001); $smarty->display('index.tpl'); ?> ]]> where index.tpl is: both examples will output: Joe Schmoe
Jack Smith
Jane Johnson
Charlie Brown
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