{"id":9322,"date":"2021-01-04T16:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2021-12-04T07:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T07:01:50","slug":"check-checkbox-checked-using-jquery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/check-checkbox-checked-using-jquery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check if a Checkbox is Checked or not Using jQuery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can use<a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/jquery\"> jQuery<\/a> to check if a checkbox is checked. You can either use the <strong><em>prop()<\/em><\/strong> method in jQuery 1.7 or the <strong><em>attr()<\/em><\/strong> method in lower versions. 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