Question

I’m working on a website where users can create and save their own HTML forms. Instead of inserting form elements and ids one by one in the database I was thinking to use js (preferably jquery) to just get the form’s HTML (in code source format) and insert it in a text row via mysql.

For example I have a form in a div

<div class="new_form">
<form>
Your Name:
<input type="text" name="something" />
About You:
<textarea name=about_you></textarea>
</form>
</div>

With js is it possible to get the raw HTML within the “new_form” div?

Answer 1

To get all HTML inside the div

$(".new_form").html()

To get only the text it would be

$(".new_form").text()

You might need to validate the HTML, this question might help you (it’s in C# but you can get the idea)