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How do I PHP-unserialize a jQuery-serialized form?

How do I PHP-unserialize a jQuery-serialized form?
sandip

sandip
answered Apr 26 '23 00:00

jQuery.serialize() function serializes a form into a query string format. To unserialize this string in PHP, you can use the built-in unserialize() function.

Here's an example of how to unserialize a jQuery-serialized form:

1.In your jQuery code, use the serialize() function to serialize the form data:


var formData = $('#myForm').serialize();

2.Pass this serialized string to your PHP script using AJAX:


$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "my_script.php",
    data: {formData: formData},
    success: function(response){
        console.log(response);
    }
});

3.In your PHP script, unserialize the form data using the unserialize() function:


$formData = unserialize($_POST['formData']);

After this step, the $ formData variable should contain an array of the form data that was submitted.

Note that you may need to do additional input validation and sanitization to ensure that the data is safe to use.
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