Question

i’ve got 3 inputs, 2 of which i want in the same array (name=”notes[‘a’]” and name=”notes[‘b’]”) but when i use jquerys’ serializeArray() it puts them all at the same ‘level’. But i want to use php to serialise the posted notes array into the database using the method thats been working for inputs that aren’t part of an array (ie name=”basic”

foreach($_POST['data'] as $var => $value) {

    if(!strstr(strtolower($value['name']),'added')) $q1 .= "".$value['name']."='".$value['value']."',";

}

echo $q = "UPDATE ".$_POST['table']." SET ".rtrim($q1,',')." WHERE ".$_POST['idField']."=".$_POST['id']." ";    


*the array $_POST['data'] is getting posted as;*
 [data] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [name] => notes[\'a\']
                    [value] => [e-mail]
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [name] => notes[\'b\']
                    [value] => Daniel Crabbe
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [name] => test
                    [value] => Daniel Crabbe
                )

        )

but i guess it should be along these lines?

[data] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array{
                Array(
                    [name] => notes[\'a\']
                    [value] => [e-mail]
                )
                Array
                (
                    [name] => notes[\'b\']
                    [value] => Daniel Crabbe
                )
            )


            [1] => Array
                (
                    [name] => test
                    [value] => Daniel Crabbe
                )

        )

how can i get jquery to respect the arrays in the input array? any help welcome…

UPdates
no got it like this but want everything on level [0] for easy access…

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => cm_email_to
            [value] => [e-mail]
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => cm_name_to
            [value] => Daniel Crabbe
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => cm_moveToList
            [value] => 
        )

)

*inputs*
<input id="cm_email_to" name="cm_email_to" value="[e-mail]" class="toPostCM" />
<input id="cm_name_to" name="cm_name_to" value="Daniel Crabbe" class="toPostCM" />

*jquery*
var dataCMSettings = $(".toPostCM").serializeArray();

Answer 1

ok – this does exactly what i need…

var params = {};

$('.toPostCM').each(function(index,value) {
    params[value.name] = value.value;
});

console.log(params);

*gives me*
Array
(
    [cm_email_to] => [e-mail]
    [cm_name_to] => Daniel Crabbe
    [cm_moveToList] => 
)

thanks all…