Hi,
I hope I'm posting in the right place ... first time here.
I have this code from a classifieds program that creates checkboxes and there are 2 problems that are beyond me to fix.

1) This code inserts a blank box and I think it is to clear the mysql field of contents but I'm only guessing but the results look silly with a box doing nothing.

2) I want 2 have the results in columns and I've fiddled and fiddled but got nowhere.

Can anyone help me out? as the programmer of the script is a waste of time he just doesn't reply.

 if ($type == 'c')
 {  
  	$i = 0;
  	$num_options = 0;
  	$c = 0;
  	$filled_in = 0;
  	
  	//print_r($value);
  	if (file_exists("admin/options/$nb". ".txt"))
  	{
  	$options = file("admin/options/$nb". ".txt");
      $num_options =  count($options);
      global $la_empty;
      print "<input type='checkbox' value='empty' name='$fieldname" . "[]'>&nbsp;<br>";
     
      for ($i=1; $i<$num_options; $i++)
    	{
      print "<input type='checkbox' value='" . $i ."' name='$fieldname" . "[]'";
      if (is_array($value))
      {
      	foreach ($value as $element)
      	{
        if ($element == $i)
        print " checked='checked'";
      	}
      }
      print " />$options[$i]";
        print "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />";
      }
      
  }
    else 
    	print "You have not provided any options from admin area.";	
    
 }

This will produce some nicely formatted table-based output. The extra checkbox at the top has been commented out and a table introduced to create 2 columns. Additionally, the original code was discarding the first entry in your text file. This code does not discard that entry. Other variables not used in this part of the code (i.e. $c, $filled_in, and $la_empty) have been left even though they serve no purpose in this setting since you may have cleaned up the code for your question here. If not, feel free to comment them out.

if ($type == 'c')
 {  
  	$i = 0;
  	$num_options = 0;
  	$c = 0;
  	$filled_in = 0;
  	
  	//print_r($value);
  	if (file_exists("admin/options/$nb". ".txt"))
  	{
  	  $options = file("admin/options/$nb". ".txt");
      $num_options =  count($options);
      global $la_empty;
      
      //This line put the empty box at the top.
      //print "<input type='checkbox' value='empty' name='$fieldname" . "[]'>&nbsp;<br>";
      
      //For 2 columns, we'll use a table.
      print "<table>\n";
      
      for ($i=0; $i<$num_options; $i++)
    	{
      	if ($i%2 == 0) print "\t<tr>\n"; //Start of row (when $i is zero or even)
        print "\t\t<td><input type='checkbox' value='" . $i ."' name='$fieldname" . "[]'";
        if (is_array($value))
        {
        	foreach ($value as $element)
        	{
            if ($element == $i)
              print " checked='checked'";
        	}
        }
        print " />".trim($options[$i])."</td>\n";
        //print "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />";
        if ($i%2 == 1) print "\t</tr>\n"; //End of row (when $i is an odd number)
      }
      if ($i%2 == 1) print "\t</tr>\n"; //End row which wasn't already closed
      print "</table>";
      
    }
    else 
    	print "You have not provided any options from admin area.";	
 }

Hi,
thanks for that I like the way it has 2 columns but I still have the spare blank box at the start

Making my head hurt

This line

 //This line put the empty box at the top.
 //print "<input type='checkbox' value='empty' name='$fieldname" . "[]'>&nbsp;<br>";

removed the extra box. The only other way it would have an extra line is if your text file had a blank at the top.