updating checkbox value to database

Question

im trying to update checkbox value into database. i already write some code and it worked updating the database..however for some reason i got undefined index in my combobox variable..here is my code..

code to display existing data into checkbox

<tr>
    <td><label for="cbPin">Pin this  post</label></td>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="cbPin" class="checkbox checkbox-warning" id="cbPin" <?php 
    if ($pin == 0) {
      ?> value="0" <?php
    } else {
      ?> checked value="1" <?php
    } ?>
    /></td>
  </tr>

this one is variable to render the form

 $pin = $row[9];

and this one if button submit clicked

$pin = ($_POST['cbPin']);

if ($pin == '') {

  $pinpost = 0;

} else {

  $pinpost = 1;
}

and this is my query

if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("UPDATE tblanouncement SET title = ?, message = ?, pinpost = ? WHERE anouncementId=?"))
  {

    $stmt->bind_param("ssii",$title, $message, $pinpost, $id); 
    $stmt->execute();
    $stmt->close();

Answer 1

A checked checkbox sends its name and value.

A non-checked checkbox is not a successful control and won't be submitted at all.

If you aren't dealing with multiple checkboxes of the same name, use isset to see if the data exists or not. Don't assume you will have a value for it in the POST data array.