<?php
$checkboxname = array("Item_Zero","Item_One","Item_Two","Item_Three","Item_Four"); // Array with check box names. Five items = five check boxes.
var_dump($_POST); // Here so that you can see the POST values, which depend on what is checked. Items unchecked will not be in POST.
$output = '';
$output .= '<form method="post" action=" '.$_SERVER['php_self'].'">
';    
foreach    ($checkboxname as $checkbox) {
    if($_POST[$checkbox]=="on")
        {
        $checked = "checked"; // if box is checked, set $checked to "checked"
        } else {
        unset($checked); // if box is unchecked, set $checked to null.
        }
    $selection = $checkbox.", or any text you like.
"; // The text that the user sees can be anything. Here were using the checkbox name so that you can see that it matches up.
    $output .=  "<input type = 'checkbox' ".$checked." name= ".$checkbox." >".$selection."<br>"; // Having set the variables, we set the checkbox html.
    } // This is the end of the loop. We either start over on the next box, or after the last one, we proceed to the submit button.
$output .=  '<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Click Here when boxes have been selected"></form><br>'; // This sets up the submit button.

echo $output;
?>

array(2) {
  ["Item_One"]=>
  string(2) "on"
  ["Submit"]=>
  string(40) "Click Here when boxes have been selected"
}
<form method="post" action=" ">
<input type = 'checkbox'  name= Item_Zero >Item_Zero, or any text you like.
<br><input type = 'checkbox' checked name= Item_One >Item_One, or any text you like.
<br><input type = 'checkbox'  name= Item_Two >Item_Two, or any text you like.
<br><input type = 'checkbox'  name= Item_Three >Item_Three, or any text you like.
<br><input type = 'checkbox'  name= Item_Four >Item_Four, or any text you like.
<br><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Click Here when boxes have been selected"></form><br>