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How to get all form elements values using jQuery?

Here is the HTML code:

<!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' >
<head>
    <title>HTML Form Builder</title>
    <link href='css/font1.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link href='css/font2.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='css/style.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='css/form.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='css/style1.css' type='text/css' media='all' id='css-theme'/>
    <link type='text/css' href='css/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.23.custom.css' rel='stylesheet' />
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='css/tipsy.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.8.0.min.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-ui-1.8.23.custom.min.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery.metadata.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery.validate.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery.tipsy.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery.json-2.3.min.js'></script>

    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/main.min.js'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript'>
    $(function(){
        changeInnerHTML('doctor_id');
        changeInnerHTML('hospital_id');
        changeInnerHTML('clinic_id');
        changeInnerHTML('stockist_id');
        changeInnerHTML('chemist_id');
        changeInnerHTML('bloodbank_id');
        changeInnerHTML('dialysis_id');
        
    });
    function changeInnerHTML(id)
    {
        if($('#dialog_box_'+id).length)
        {
            var tmp=id.split('_');
             $.get('getDataValues.php?ref='+tmp[0],function(data,status){
                $('#dialog_box_'+id).html(data);
            });
        }
    }
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id='container'>
    

        <h1 id="form-name" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: none; border: none; margin: 8px 15px;">New Form</h1>
        <form method="POST" id="preview_form" novalidate="novalidate">
            
            
        <div class="row" style="display: block;"><label class="field" for="textarea_1">textarea_1</label><span class="textArea" data=""><textarea id="dialog_box_textarea_1" name="textarea_1" data="{&quot;validate&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;messages&quot;:{}}}"></textarea></span></div><div class="row" style="display: block;"><label class="field" for="radiobutton_1">radiobutton_1</label><span class="radioButton" data="" id="radiobutton_1"><label class="option" for="radiobutton_1_option_1"><input class="radio" id="dialog_box_radiobutton_1_option_1" type="radio" name="radiobutton_1" value="Option 1" data="{&quot;validate&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;messages&quot;:{}}}">Option 1</label><label class="option" for="radiobutton_1_option_2"><input class="radio" id="radiobutton_1_option_2" type="radio" name="radiobutton_1" value="Option 2">Option 2</label><label class="option" for="radiobutton_1_option_3"><input class="radio" id="radiobutton_1_option_3" type="radio" name="radiobutton_1" value="Option 3">Option 3</label></span></div><div class="row" style="display: block;"><label class="field" for="checkboxgroup_1">checkboxgroup_1</label><span class="checkBoxGroup" data="" id="checkboxgroup_1"><label class="option" for="checkboxgroup_1_option_1"><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="checkboxgroup_1[]" id="dialog_box_checkboxgroup_1_option_1" value="Option 1" data="{&quot;validate&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;messages&quot;:{}}}">Option 1</label><label class="option" for="checkboxgroup_1_option_2"><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="checkboxgroup_1[]" id="checkboxgroup_1_option_2" value="Option 2">Option 2</label><label class="option" for="checkboxgroup_1_option_3"><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="checkboxgroup_1[]" id="checkboxgroup_1_option_3" value="Option 3">Option 3</label></span></div><div class="row" style="display: block;"><label class="field" for="dropdown_1">dropdown_1</label><span class="dropDown" data=""><select id="dialog_box_dropdown_1" name="dropdown_1" data="{&quot;validate&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;messages&quot;:{}}}"><option value="Option 1">Option 1</option><option value="Option 2">Option 2</option><option value="Option 3">Option 3</option></select></span></div><input type="button" class="button blue" value="Submit" id="submit-form"><input type='hidden' id='tname' name='tname' value='surveyForm_2' /></form></div> <!--container-->

<script type='text/javascript' src='js/form.min.js'></script>
</body>
</html>

Here the code which will get all form field values:

 $("#hidAll").append($("#preview_form :input").map(function () {
     if ($(this).val() != 'Submit') {
         if ($(this).is('select')) {
             var aa = $(this).children('option').map(function () {
                 return $(this).val();
             }).get().join("|");
             return $(this).attr('name') + '|' + aa;
         } else if ($(this).is('input:checkbox')) {
             return $(this).attr('name').substring(0, $(this).attr('name').length - 2) + '|' + $(this).val();
         } else {
             return $(this).attr('name') + '|' + $(this).val();
         }
     }
 }).get().join(","));
 alert($("#hidAll").html());

From this I am getting the output value as follows:

textfield_1|dgdfg,
checkboxgroup_1|Option 1,
checkboxgroup_1|Option 2,
checkboxgroup_1|Option 3,
radiobutton_1|Option 1,
radiobutton_1|Option 2,
radiobutton_1|Option 3,
dropdown_1|Option 1!Option 2!Option 3

I want the out as following:

textfield_1|dgdfg,
checkboxgroup_1|Option 1!Option 2!Option 3,
radiobutton_1|Option 1!Option 2!Option 3,
dropdown_1|Option 1!Option 2!Option 3

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Answer

You can use a serialize() function of JQuery:

    var datastring = $("#preview_form").serialize();
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "your url.php",
            data: datastring,
            success: function(data) {
                 alert('Data send');
            }
        });

And read in PHP:

echo $_POST['datastring']['dialog_box_textarea_1'];
echo $_POST['datastring']['radiobutton_1'];
........

And get ***data-**** to tag HTML5 you can see this example:

<div id="texto" data-author="Ricardo Miranda" data-date="2012-06-21">
<h4>Lorem ipsum</h4>
  <p>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ius integre eligendi et,
    sea ut expetendis conclusionemque,
    mel at ornatus invenire. His ad moderatius definiebas omittantur,
    liber saepe albucius sea cu.
    Audire tamquam dolores vis ne, mediocrem consulatu eum ex.
    Duo te agam saepe convenire, et fugit iisque his.
 </p>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
    alert("The text is write " + $('#texto').data('author'));
});

And

<div id="texto" data-author='{"nombre":"Ricardo","apellido":"Miranda"}' data-date="2012-06-21">
   ...
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
    alert("The text is write " + $('#texto').data('author').apellido + ", " +
        ('#texto').data('author').nombre);
});
</script>
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