What best practices should be followed when handling multiple checkbox values in a PHP form?

When handling multiple checkbox values in a PHP form, it is important to ensure that the checkboxes are properly named in the HTML form and that the values are handled correctly in the PHP script. One common approach is to use an array for the checkbox inputs in the HTML form, and then iterate through the array in the PHP script to process the selected values. 

// HTML form with checkbox inputs
<form method="post">
    <input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="red"> Red
    <input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="blue"> Blue
    <input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="green"> Green
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

// PHP script to handle checkbox values
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    if(isset($_POST['colors'])) {
        $selectedColors = $_POST['colors'];
        foreach($selectedColors as $color) {
            echo $color . "<br>";
        }
    }
}

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PHP form handling checkbox values array validation

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