jQuery - serializeArray( ) Method

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Description

The serializeArray( ) method serializes all forms and form elements like the .serialize() method but returns a JSON data structure for you to work with.

The JSON structure returned is not a string. You must use a plugin or third-party library to "stringify".

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

$.serializeArray( )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

Example

Assuming we have following PHP content in serialize.php file −

<?php
if( $_REQUEST["name"] ) {

   $name = $_REQUEST['name'];
   echo "Welcome ". $name;
   $age = $_REQUEST['age'];
   echo "<br />Your age : ". $age;
   $sex = $_REQUEST['sex'];
   echo "<br />Your gender : ". $sex;
}
?>

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
			
            $("#driver").click(function(event){
				
               $.post( 
                  "/jquery/serialize.php",
                  $("#testform").serializeArray(),
                  function(data) {
                     $('#stage1').html(data);
                  }
               );
					
               var fields = $("#testform").serializeArray();
               $("#stage2").empty();
					
               jQuery.each(fields, function(i, field){
                  $("#stage2").append(field.value + " ");
               });
					
            });
				
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <p>Click on the button to load result.html file:</p>
		
      <div id = "stage1" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 1
      </div>
		
      <br />
		
      <div id = "stage2" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 2
      </div>
		
      <form id = "testform">
         <table>
            <tr>
               <td><p>Name:</p></td>
               <td><input type = "text" name = "name" size = "40" /></td>
            </tr>
				
            <tr>
               <td><p>Age:</p></td>
               <td><input type = "text" name = "age" size = "40" /></td>
            </tr>
				
            <tr>
               <td><p>Sex:</p></td>
               <td> <select name = "sex">
                  <option value = "Male" selected>Male</option>
                  <option value = "Female" selected>Female</option>
               </select></td>
            </tr>
				
            <tr>
               <td colspan = "2">
                  <input type = "button" id = "driver" value = "Load Data" />
               </td>
            </tr>  
         </table>
      </form>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-ajax.htm

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