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Serialize form data into a usable JS object(jQuery plugin)
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/** | |
* jQuery plugin to convert form fields to a plain JS Object | |
* @usage var contactForm = $("form.contact").formData(); | |
* @returns {'fieldName': 'fieldValue', (...)} | |
*/ | |
$.fn.formData = function() { | |
var data = {}, | |
keyValues = this.serializeArray(); | |
$.each(keyValues, function() { | |
var field = this.name, val = this.value; | |
if (field in data) { | |
if (!data[field].push) { | |
data[field] = [data[field]]; // promote to Array | |
} | |
data[field].push(val); | |
} else { | |
data[field] = val; | |
} | |
}); | |
return data; | |
}; |
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