Author Topic: Update Custom Check Box with API (Read 679 times)

bpmccain · February 07, 2012, 01:14:37 pm

What is the format for updating a check box via the API? I have 3 checkboxes:

Youth - 1
Women - 2
Seniors - 3

I have tried:

custom_8 = 1

in the params setting, which does update the database. When I view the custom field, it even shows Youth, but if I search for Youth after no results are returned unless I change the custom field to Youth in the GUI. Any thoughts?

Also, how would I format it if I wanted to check multiple boxes - say I wanted both 1 & 2 selected?

Brian

Eileen · February 07, 2012, 02:55:33 pm

Hi,

It's either because you need to wrap separator strings around it

function _civicrm_api3_separate_values( &$values )

does that - it may have been added after your version? & if the api should call it. So it may be an upgrade will help.

Otherwise you might need to set your array as

custom_8 => array ( 1 => 1; 3 => 1 ); for youth, seniors

http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/branches/v4.0/api/v3/utils.php

bpmccain · February 07, 2012, 03:41:17 pm

Thanks Eileen. Don't know why I didn't think to try the array, but it worked perfectly

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