jquery array to php JSON

Question

I have various textnodes (p) and headers that I extract using jquery and store into an array :

var textnode = $(source).children("p:not(:has(img))").map(function () {
    return $(this).outerHTML();
}).get();
var headerone = $(source).children('h1').map(function () {
    return $(this).outerHTML();
}).get();

I need to take the textnode array and headerone array and pass it via ajax to a php script (which will consequently store it in mysql). Does serializeArray work in this case or could I use .stringify. Would I need to .decode this in php (version 5.3.4)?

is this javascript? and if it is, what library are you using? — Naftali
– Naftali, Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 17:26
@Praneet Sharma: Have you tried anything yet or are you just wondering? — netcoder
– netcoder, Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 17:28
i am not sure what you are doing. that does not look like proper jQuery at all... — Naftali
– Naftali, Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 17:29
I posted the slice of code that shows how I add elements into the array. @netcoder, I've been looking at jquery-json but I was wondering if decoding in php would also be necessary and how I would use the .ajax method to pass it to php — re1man
– re1man, Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 17:35

bpeterson76 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-27 17:28:37Z

1

If you send it via jQuery Ajax, it will be automatically serialized and will be available to your PHP as a $_REQUEST array variable.

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

answered Jun 27, 2011 at 17:28

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re1man Over a year ago

$.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "store.php", data: textnode&headerone, success: function(){ alert( "saved data" ); } });

re1man Over a year ago

would that be enough or would I have to encode in json first?

Dereleased Over a year ago

well, you'll need for data to look more like: 'textnode=' + textnode + '&headerone=' + headerone or {textnode:textnode,headerone:headerone}, but you don't have to serialize it as JSON. If you send it like that, you'll access it using $_POST['textnode'] and $_POST['headerone']

bpeterson76 Over a year ago

@Dereleased, according to the documentation jQuery .ajax will serialize a key->value array automagically. So, you're correct that you can pass a string, but according to the documentation you can also send a properly formatted array and it will do the rest.

Dereleased Over a year ago

Nothing you just said isn't true =) I was responding to the suggestion of data: textnode&headerone

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