Question

Hi so this may sound odd but lets say currently I am doing this:

 var post_data  = $('input[name="checks[]"]:checked').map(function() {
         return this.value;
        }).get();

to get contents of multiple checkboxes into an array to send via AJAX. Now what I ACTUALLY want to do is to construct post_data in a specific way.

I want the value of the checkbox to be stored in the location of the array matching its value. I hope that makes sense :S

so lets say my values of the checkboxes were:

1,5,3,7

i want post_data to be constructed like:

post_data[1] = 1
post_data[5] = 5 etc.

ignoring the fact this may seem stupid, can anyone help me out, I am struggling right now. This is what I was trying, but my very slim knowledge is getting the better of me:

EDIT UPDATE: (code progress)

var post_data = $('input[name="checks[]"]:checked').serialize();

        alert(post_data);

        $.post('search_item.php', { 'checks[]':post_data,..

many thanks,

Answer 1

you should initialize post_data as an object

var post_data = {};

here’s a simple example