Submit form input array with jquery ajax post

Question

Alright I want to submit a form thru jquery ajax. All the inputs are in an array and it is multidimensional.

Its a dynamic form that uses the array key as the question id. The subkey is used for grouping the questions at a question set.

<form name="testing" id="testing" method="post">
    <label>Question 1?</label> 
    <input type="text" name="data[14][1]" id="" class="" value=""><br>
    <label>Question 2?</label> 
    <input type="text" name="data[16][1]" id="" class="" value=""><br>
    <label>Question 1?</label> 
    <input type="text" name="data[14][2]" id="" class="" value=""><br>
    <label>Question 2?</label> 
    <input type="text" name="data[16][2]" id="" class="" value=""><br>
    <label>Question 3?</label> 
    <select name="data[19]" id="" class="">
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
        <option value="3">3</option>
        <option value="4">4</option>
    </select><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

So that is my example html. Here is my example jquery:

$("#testing").submit(function() { 
           var data = $('input[name^="data\\["]').serializeArray();
                $.ajax({ 
                 type: "POST",
                 url:  "upload.php",
                 data: {internalform: "submit", data: data},
                 dataType : "text",

           success: function(returndata){
            if(returndata == "no") 
             { return false;
             } else {
               alert("clicked 1 " + returndata);
                }
                 } 
                 });    
            return false;
            }); 

Problem is I get this as a return array:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => data[14]
            [value] => sd
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => data[16]
            [value] => s
        )

)

But I want an array like this:

Array ( [14] => ddd [16] => ddd [19] => 4 ) 

Im sure its simple but I'm missing something. I know why its doing it but I can't get it the way I want it/need it. Can someone help?

Solution

Try below snippet,I have not tested this but probably it should work.

Replace var data = $('input[name^="data\\["]').serializeArray(); part with below snippet

var data = {};
$.each($('input[name^="data\\["]')​.serializeArray()​, function() {
    data[this.name] = this.value;
})​;

Try this it will solve the data coming in front issues

i have worked out this one

var data = {};
$.each($('select[name^="data\\["] , input[name^="data\\["]').serializeArray(), function() {
   var vv = this.name.replace(/data/, '' ).replace(/(\[[0-9]\])$/,'');
   data[vv] = this.value;           
});

Comments

[Alan]

Its close. I get this as a response. ( [data[14] => ssssss [data[16] => ss ) Two issues with that. 1. the [ in front of data isn't suppose to be there. 2. the select input isn't getting posted. Almost there though.

[Alan]

Thanks, I messed around with it and I made it work with this: var data = {}; $.each($(this).serializeArray(), function() { data[this.name] = this.value; }); That did what I wanted and I removed the data part from the name in the form so the form name is only the question id