jquery serialize and $.post

Question

I\'m trying to send a lot of data from a form using the $.post method in jQuery. I\'ve used the serialize() function first to make all the form data into one long string whi

Answer 1

What leads you to believe that the data is appended to the URL?

Anyway, wouldn't it make more sense to pass the form values in the form data itself? It will allow you to skip the "explode" step:

$("#addShowFormSubmit")
  .click(function() { 
      var perfTimes = $("#addShowForm").serialize(); 
      $.post("includes/add_show.php", 
         $.param({name: $("#showTitle").val()}) + "&" + perfTimes, 
         function(data) {...}); 
  });