Extract JS Object from Form

README.md

via stackoverflow

extractObject.js

$.fn.extractObject = function() {
  var accum = {};
  function add(accum, namev, value) {
    if (namev.length == 1)
      accum[namev[0]] = value;
    else {
      if (accum[namev[0]] == null)
        accum[namev[0]] = {};
      add(accum[namev[0]], namev.slice(1), value);
    }
  }; 
  this.find('input, textarea, select').each(function() {
    add(accum, $(this).attr('name').split('.'), $(this).val());
  });
  return accum;
}
// ...

var object = $('#testformId').extractObject();
console.log(object);

index.html

<form id = "testform">
<input type="text" name="name[]" id="p" />
<input type="text" name="manuf[]" id="k" size="3" />
<input type="text" name="item_pr[]" id="ka" size="10" />
<input type="text" name="price" id="su" size="10" disabled="disabled"/><br />
</form>