[SOLVED] Form to email script with checkboxes

I have created a consultation request form which has mostly text fields, a few radio buttons and two somewhat large areas of checkboxes.

I have almost finished with the php script to send the results of the form to email.

My problem is dealing with the checkboxes. They are not grouped, like the radio buttons, so I assume that they can't be grouped in the e-mail?

Ideally I would like to have only the checked boxes come through on the email. And, ideally, these checked boxes would be in the two groups.

Can anyone steer me in the general direction of how to go about this? (Both parts - the "checked only" and/or the "grouped") I have scoured this site and the internet in general with no luck.

Yes, I am very new to this and I really appreciate your help! Thanks!

Well, for the checkboxes to come through the email, you would need to GET them first. Like this:

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$checkbox1 = $_POST['option1'];
$checkbox2 = $_POST['option2'];
// etc... 

Assuming your HTML is the following:

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<input type="checkbox" name="option1" value="checked value 1">
<input type="checkbox" name="option2" value="checked value 2">

Then , to group them in the email, you would have to specify how they are printed. Something like this:

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$body = "Group 1:
$checkbox1, $checkbox2, etc...
\n
Group 2:
$checkbox3, $checkbox4, etc...";

//Then send the email
mail("my.email@domain.com", "Custom Subject", $body, "Custom 'From' Field"); 

That's the basic set up...

Cheers

Wonderful -- thank you so much!

I'm sorry if this is a foolish question, but can I assume that when I group the checkboxes like this, only the "checked" boxes will be posted?

Or do I need to add an "if" statement to only post the boxes selected by the viewer?

Again, sorry if that should be obvious. I think maybe I was making this harder than it needed to be.

Thanks!

Checkboxes will only be emailed if they're checked. No "if" statement required!

Yeah! Thanks so much!