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Miscellaneous

hasManyCheckBox()

hasManyCheckBox() — returns any

Used as a shortcut to output the proper form elements for an association. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
objectNamestringyes—Name of the variable containing the parent object to represent with this form field.
associationstringyes—Name of the association set in the parent object to represent with this form field.
keysstringyes—Primary keys associated with this form field. Note that these keys should be listed in the order that they appear in the database table.
labelstringyes—The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacementstringyes—Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prependstringyes—String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendstringyes—String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabelstringyes—String to prepend to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabelstringyes—String to append to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
errorElementstringyes—HTML tag to wrap the form control with when the object contains errors.
errorClassstringyes—The class name of the HTML tag that wraps the form control when there are errors.
hasManyCheckBox(objectName, association, keys [, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, errorElement, errorClass ]) <!--- Show check boxes for associating authors with the current book --->
<cfloop query="authors">
    #hasManyCheckBox(
        label=authors.fullName,
        objectName="book",
        association="bookAuthors",
        keys="#book.key()#,#authors.id#"
    )#
</cfloop>