silverstripe-framework/forms/CheckboxField.php

<?php
/**
 * Single checkbox field.
 *
 * @package forms
 * @subpackage fields-basic
 */
class CheckboxField extends FormField {

	protected $schemaDataType = FormField::SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE_SINGLESELECT;

	public function setValue($value) {
		$this->value = ($value) ? 1 : 0;
		return $this;
	}

	public function dataValue() {
		return ($this->value) ? 1 : NULL;
	}

	public function Value() {
		return ($this->value) ? 1 : 0;
	}

	public function getAttributes() {
		$attrs = parent::getAttributes();
		$attrs['value'] = 1;
		return array_merge(
			$attrs,
			array(
				'checked' => ($this->Value()) ? 'checked' : null,
				'type' => 'checkbox',
			)
		);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a readonly version of this field
	 */
	public function performReadonlyTransformation() {
		$field = new CheckboxField_Readonly($this->name, $this->title, $this->value);
		$field->setForm($this->form);
		return $field;
	}

}

/**
 * Readonly version of a checkbox field - "Yes" or "No".
 *
 * @package forms
 * @subpackage fields-basic
 */
class CheckboxField_Readonly extends ReadonlyField {

	public function performReadonlyTransformation() {
		return clone $this;
	}

	public function Value() {
		return $this->value ?
			_t('CheckboxField.YESANSWER', 'Yes') :
			_t('CheckboxField.NOANSWER', 'No');
	}

	public function getValueCast() {
		return 'Text';
	}

}