retrieving individual values from serialise function in jquery

Question

I am trying to update my database using AJAX. I have a form which contains text fields. I POST those values using serialize function in j query. Got output: Firstname=Sometext1&Lastname=Sometext2&Phone=12345

Then i used the split() function so the result is

Firstname=Sometext1,Lastname=Sometext2,Phone=12345

Now how do I use these values to insert into my database. How can I get individual values i.e. Sometext1,Sometext2,12345 in different variables

possible duplicate of [How can I get query string values in JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901115/how-can-i-get-query-string-values-in-javascript) — CodingIntrigue, Nov 14 '14 at 08:13
why you are serializing, pass them as a json object to method, if using post. Place the content in request body. — A.T., Nov 14 '14 at 08:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '14 at 08:36

easiest way would be to use a second split and loop through the output:

var input = "Firstname=Sometext1&Lastname=Sometext2&Phone=12345";
var split = input.split("&"); //["Firstname=Sometext1","Lastname=Sometext2","Phone=12345"]

var output = [];

//loop through split
for(var i=0;i<split.length;i++){
    var subSplit= split[i].split("="); //split up each value again
    output.push(subSplit[1]); //subSplit[0] would be the key, subSplit[1] the value
}

console.log(output); //output: ["Sometext1","Sometext2","12345"]

...would be easier to give better advice if we knew more of your code, tough...especially the reason why the data is serialized that way would be interesting...

retrieving individual values from serialise function in jquery

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