Make an object out of form elements. This fork adds the checkboxBoolean option described below.

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$.fn.serializeForm makes an object out of form elements inside of the specified item.

Example:

<div id="test">
  <input name="text1" value="txt-one" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" value="1" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" value="2" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" value="3" checked="checked" />

  <select name="another[select]">
    <option value="opt"></option>
  </select>
</div>

$( '#test' ).serializeForm();

Returns

{ text1: "txt-one",
  top: {
    child: [ "1", "2", "3" ]
  },
  another: {
    select: "opt"
  }
}

###checkboxBoolean option

Checkboxes are often used for boolean values such as toggling options on and off. In these cases, you want all of that data sent to the server, including checkboxes that aren't checked. By default this is not how standard HTML forms work, here is a good explanation of their intended behavior.

Either your back end knows exactly what is supposed to be in the form data and handles missing values as false or you can use two radio buttons for every boolean value you want in the form. The former limits your flexibility and the latter is usually worse UI plus it will send text values that you have to parse into booleans.

With the checkboxBoolean option, you can return all checkbox values as either the numbers 1 or 0, or the booleans true or false.

Example:

<div id="test">
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" />
</div>

$( '#test' ).serializeForm({
    checkboxBoolean: true
});

Returns

{
  top: {
    child: [ true, true, false ]
  }
}

Or with numbers:

$( '#test' ).serializeForm({
    checkboxBoolean: 1
});

Returns

{
  top: {
    child: [ 1, 1, 0 ]
  }
}

If you set a value on a checkbox, it will function like a normal checkbox and return that value if it is checked:

<div id="test">
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" value="hello" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" value="hello again" /> <!-- not checked -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" checked="checked" />
  <input type="checkbox" name="top[child][]" />
</div>

$( '#test' ).serializeForm({
    checkboxBoolean: true
});

Returns

{
  top: {
    child: [ 'hello', true, false ]
  }
}

1.1.3 Fix multiwork keyword in jquery manifest file 1.1.2 Update manifest files and erase old tags for plugin site 1.1.1 Rename to serializeForm from serializeObject 1.1.0 Support finding input elements on the jQuery collection itself and find in multiple elements 1.0.0 Actual release while moving to grunt and adding licensing information

Copyright (c) 2012 Dan Heberden Licensed under the MIT, GPL licenses.

Please don't edit files in the dist subdirectory as they are generated via grunt. You'll find source code in the src subdirectory!

While grunt can run the included unit tests via PhantomJS, this shouldn't be considered a substitute for the real thing. Please be sure to test the test/*.html unit test file(s) in actual browsers.

This assumes you have node.js and npm installed already.

1. Test that grunt is installed globally by running grunt --version at the command-line.
2. If grunt isn't installed globally, run npm install -g grunt to install the latest version. You may need to run sudo npm install -g grunt.
3. From the root directory of this project, run npm install to install the project's dependencies.

In order for the qunit task to work properly, PhantomJS must be installed and in the system PATH (if you can run "phantomjs" at the command line, this task should work).

Unfortunately, PhantomJS cannot be installed automatically via npm or grunt, so you need to install it yourself. There are a number of ways to install PhantomJS.

• PhantomJS and Mac OS X
• PhantomJS Installation (PhantomJS wiki)

Note that the phantomjs executable needs to be in the system PATH for grunt to see it.

• How to set the path and environment variables in Windows
• Where does $PATH get set in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
• How do I change the PATH variable in Linux