I have this code which works fine!:

<script>
function get(userfirstname, userlastname){
	alert(userfirstname);

	return false;
}
</script>

<form action="" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="userfirstname">
    <input type="text" name="userlastname">
    <input type="submit" onclick="return get(userfirstname.value, userlastname.value);">
</form>

I have this code which works fine!:

<script>
function get(userfirstname, userlastname){
	alert(userfirstname);

	return false;
}
</script>

<form action="" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="userfirstname">
    <input type="text" name="userlastname">
    <input type="submit" onclick="return get(userfirstname.value, userlastname.value);">
</form>

i am trying to catch the input values with an array like this:

<script>
function get(user){
	alert(user["firstname"].value);

	return false;
}
</script>

<form action="" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="user[firstname]">
    <input type="text" name="user[lastname]">
    <input type="submit" onclick="return get(user);">
</form>

i tried so many different scenarios, no point :(

Any hint would be appreciated.

• javascript
• html
• arrays
• input

Share Improve this question Follow edited Aug 14, 2016 at 17:05 Tarık Seyceri asked Aug 14, 2016 at 16:51 Tarık SeyceriTarık Seyceri 46322 gold badges99 silver badges1616 bronze badges 2

• 1 you can't.. in js you have to get them in objects to do this – Akshay Khandelwal Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 16:53
• hello!, thank you for your ment, how can i get them in object? – Tarık Seyceri Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 16:57

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Sorted by: Reset to default 2

You could simply target the form element inside your onclick handler, query all input elements to iterate over them and build the array you are looking for.

Here is an example of what you could do to build an array of objects holding each input elements name and value, excluding disabled once and the submit element.

function get(evt){
  var fields = [];
  event.target.parentElement
  .querySelectorAll('input:not([disabled]):not([type="submit"])').forEach(function(e) {
    fields.push({name: e.name, value: e.value}); 
  })
  console.log(fields);
  return false;
}

<form>
  <input type="text" name="firstname" placeholder="Name"><br>
  <input type="text" name="lastname" placeholder="Surename"><br>
  <input type="text" name="foo" value="foo will be excluded" disabled><br>
  <input type="submit" onclick="return get();">
</form>

A jQuery Approach to get this

function get(){
    var fields = [];
    var arr = $('form').not('input[type="submit"]').find('input[type="text"]')
    $(arr).each(function(i,val){
        fields.push({name:$(val).attr('name'),value:$(val).val()})
    })
}