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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a form element for a single checkbox.
+ *
+ * Properties:
+ * - #return_value: The value to return when the checkbox is checked.
+ *
+ * Usage example:
+ * @code
+ * $form['copy'] = array(
+ * '#type' => 'checkbox',
+ * '#title' => $this->t('Send me a copy'),
+ * );
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Checkboxes
+ *
+ * @FormElement("checkbox")
+ */
+class Checkbox extends FormElement {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function getInfo() {
+ $class = get_class($this);
+ return [
+ '#input' => TRUE,
+ '#return_value' => 1,
+ '#process' => [
+ [$class, 'processCheckbox'],
+ [$class, 'processAjaxForm'],
+ [$class, 'processGroup'],
+ ],
+ '#pre_render' => [
+ [$class, 'preRenderCheckbox'],
+ [$class, 'preRenderGroup'],
+ ],
+ '#theme' => 'input__checkbox',
+ '#theme_wrappers' => ['form_element'],
+ '#title_display' => 'after',
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function valueCallback(&$element, $input, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ if ($input === FALSE) {
+ // Use #default_value as the default value of a checkbox, except change
+ // NULL to 0, because FormBuilder::handleInputElement() would otherwise
+ // replace NULL with empty string, but an empty string is a potentially
+ // valid value for a checked checkbox.
+ return isset($element['#default_value']) ? $element['#default_value'] : 0;
+ }
+ else {
+ // Checked checkboxes are submitted with a value (possibly '0' or ''):
+ // http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#successful-controls.
+ // For checked checkboxes, browsers submit the string version of
+ // #return_value, but we return the original #return_value. For unchecked
+ // checkboxes, browsers submit nothing at all, but
+ // FormBuilder::handleInputElement() detects this, and calls this
+ // function with $input=NULL. Returning NULL from a value callback means
+ // to use the default value, which is not what is wanted when an unchecked
+ // checkbox is submitted, so we use integer 0 as the value indicating an
+ // unchecked checkbox. Therefore, modules must not use integer 0 as a
+ // #return_value, as doing so results in the checkbox always being treated
+ // as unchecked. The string '0' is allowed for #return_value. The most
+ // common use-case for setting #return_value to either 0 or '0' is for the
+ // first option within a 0-indexed array of checkboxes, and for this,
+ // \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Checkboxes::processCheckboxes() uses the
+ // string rather than the integer.
+ return isset($input) ? $element['#return_value'] : 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Prepares a #type 'checkbox' render element for input.html.twig.
+ *
+ * @param array $element
+ * An associative array containing the properties of the element.
+ * Properties used: #title, #value, #return_value, #description, #required,
+ * #attributes, #checked.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * The $element with prepared variables ready for input.html.twig.
+ */
+ public static function preRenderCheckbox($element) {
+ $element['#attributes']['type'] = 'checkbox';
+ Element::setAttributes($element, ['id', 'name', '#return_value' => 'value']);
+
+ // Unchecked checkbox has #value of integer 0.
+ if (!empty($element['#checked'])) {
+ $element['#attributes']['checked'] = 'checked';
+ }
+ static::setAttributes($element, ['form-checkbox']);
+
+ return $element;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the #checked property of a checkbox element.
+ */
+ public static function processCheckbox(&$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, &$complete_form) {
+ $value = $element['#value'];
+ $return_value = $element['#return_value'];
+ // On form submission, the #value of an available and enabled checked
+ // checkbox is #return_value, and the #value of an available and enabled
+ // unchecked checkbox is integer 0. On not submitted forms, and for
+ // checkboxes with #access=FALSE or #disabled=TRUE, the #value is
+ // #default_value (integer 0 if #default_value is NULL). Most of the time,
+ // a string comparison of #value and #return_value is sufficient for
+ // determining the "checked" state, but a value of TRUE always means checked
+ // (even if #return_value is 'foo'), and a value of FALSE or integer 0
+ // always means unchecked (even if #return_value is '' or '0').
+ if ($value === TRUE || $value === FALSE || $value === 0) {
+ $element['#checked'] = (bool) $value;
+ }
+ else {
+ // Compare as strings, so that 15 is not considered equal to '15foo', but
+ // 1 is considered equal to '1'. This cast does not imply that either
+ // #value or #return_value is expected to be a string.
+ $element['#checked'] = ((string) $value === (string) $return_value);
+ }
+ return $element;
+ }
+
+}