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I have a form that have several inputs. Some of them are stored in an array. When I use the ajax function to send them to the PHP script, I can get all the values from the inputs but the array object will echo 'Array'.

    $('#Save').click(function(){
        var Name = $('#Name').val();
        var Type = $('select#Type selected:option').attr('value');
        var Values = new Array(1, 2, 4);
        $.ajax({
            url: 'GetValues.php',
            type: 'POST',
            data: {Name: Name, Type: Type, Values: Values}
        });
    });

PHP Script:

$Name = $_POST['Name'];  //echo the names.
$Type = $_POST['Type'];  //echo the type.
$Values = $_POST['Values']; // echo 'Array' ?

I have tried to use JSON_decode but still can't get the values from the form. Any ideas? Thank you

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instead of echo, try print_r($Values) and let me know if that prints your array or not.. –  asifrc Jan 17 at 23:41
    
selected:option should be option:selected. But you really should just use $("#Type").val(). –  Barmar Jan 17 at 23:45
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try 

echo var_dump($Values);

you will see the posted values in your array.

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Thank you, with this I can see the array. But how can I now get the values. Should I use a foreach cycle? –  user3163404 Jan 18 at 0:01
    
it depends on what you want to do with your array (inserting into a database, ...). with foreach statement you can access your values. –  أنيس بوهاشم Jan 18 at 0:07
    
Ok it works! Should I use the serialize function in jquery? –  user3163404 Jan 18 at 0:10
    
I see that you are identifying your form fields with ids, if you want to seriliaze the form, you have to distribute names on your fields –  أنيس بوهاشم Jan 18 at 0:16
    
Thank you very much! I added names to my fields an manage to use the serialize() function. But Can I send trough ajax the serialize variable and an an array? –  user3163404 Jan 18 at 0:23
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