Check boxes not retaining their correct value

Question

Hello, I have a perplexing issue going on. I have a simple, two checkbox form for updating two values in my login table. The row type is enum('y','n') so naturally a check box is my preferred way to set the value. Even though the value in the table is set to 'y', the check box in the form is never checked. I check it, click the submit button, and the update occurs in the table but the check box remains unchecked on the form. My code for the form is below. Any idea what I'm missing here?
<form method="post" id="form4" action="<?php echo KT_escapeAttribute(KT_getFullUri()); ?>">
            <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
              <tr><td><input  <?php if (!(strcmp(KT_escapeAttribute($row_rslogin['show_profile']),"y"))) {echo "checked";} ?> type="checkbox" name="show_profile" id="show_profile" value="y" /></td>
                <td><label for="show_profile">Show my profile to other myJoy members.</label></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
              <td><input  <?php if (!(strcmp(KT_escapeAttribute($row_rslogin['get_mail']),"y"))) {echo "checked";} ?> type="checkbox" name="myjoymail_optout" id="myjoymail_optout" value="y" /></td>
                <td><label for="myjoymail_optout">Send me myJoy email and notifications.</label></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td></td><td><input type="submit" name="KT_Update3" id="KT_Update3" value="Save Prefs" /></td>
              </tr>
            </table>
          </form>

Answer 1

Hi,
Well I took your code and changed it to:
<?php if (!(strcmp("y","y"))) {echo "checked";} ?>
Getting rid of the KT_escapeAttribute() and manually entered the y. It worked fine. And even with the KT_escapeAttribute() it will probably work fine. Have you doubled checked that the database is not storing a Captial Y or a 0 or 1? Your using varchar correct, not char?