datatype for checkboxes in php

Wh开发者_JAVA技巧at should be the data type that will be entered in phpmyadmin if I plan to use a checkbox as an input?

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The MySQL documentation recommends using tinyint(1) for boolean values, so tinyint(1) is probably the best.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/numeric-type-overview.html

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If you have a set of related checkboxes that you would like to store in a single column, you might also consider SET datatype, which is similar to ENUM in that you can have names for each of your "options", but SETS lets you have multiple selected named options.