How can I return the selected radio button text on a form

Question

I have two radio buttons on a form for example as below:

() Paul

() James

When I use the follwoing code, I am getting the values 0 or 1 depending on my selection. How can I get Paul or James? Thanks for your help.

$chosen =$form_state['values']['name_options'];

Answer 1

If the value you want is not in $form_state you can check in the $form parameter for the original form definition.

e.g:

$chosen = $form['name_options']['#options'][$form_state['values']['name_options']];