Problem with nested JSON objects. about jquery-serialize-object HOT 2 CLOSED

When it comes to creating arrays of objects that have more than one field, you
have no other choice but to specify the array indexes for the objects that the
fields belong to.

Hopefully a simple demonstration makes that explantion a little more clear

<input name="hello[0][a]" value="1">
<input name="hello[0][b]" value="2">

Output

{
    hello: [ {a: 1, b: 2} ]
}

If we don't specify the 0 index, watch what happens

<input name="hello[][a]" value="1">
<input name="hello[][b]" value="2">

Output

{
    hello : [ {a: 1}, {b: 2} ]
}

Notice we have 2 objects created in the array instead of the desired 1.

Now let's take a look at how we'd format the fields for your entire form to get
the object you're looking for

<input name="character[0][male]">
<input name="character[0][female]">
<input name="character[0][result]">

<input name="character[0][itinerary][0][activity]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][0][lat]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][0][long]">

<input name="character[0][itinerary][1][activity]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][1][lat]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][1][long]">

<input name="character[0][itinerary][2][activity]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][2][lat]">
<input name="character[0][itinerary][2][long]">

Now you're much closer to the object you're looking for.

However, I notice you're looking for string and number serialization. This
is not possible with the current version of jquery-serialize-object.

I'm currently working on getting the plugin up to spec of the W3C Draft
Specification for HTML JSON form submissions. After this is implemented,
jquery-serialize-plugin will take the type of your <input> elements into
account.

Serialize strings

<input type="text">

Serialize numbers

<input type="number">

Serialize boolean

<input type="checkbox">

If you have any more questions about this, let me know and I'll try to help.

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Closing this issue. If you have other questions, we can always re-open it.

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