How to post a form with many fields with jQuery?

Question

Though $.ajax() can be used to do ajax things, I don\'t think its fit for posting values of a big form.

How would you post a big form (many fields) with

Answer 1

You can use jQuery.post( url, data, callback, type), as its simpler to jQuery.ajax( options ).

By using serialize, you can send the whole form automatically.

$.post("/post_handler/",
    $("form#my_form").serialize(),
    function(json){
        /*your success code*/
    }, "json");

A more complete example:

This would override the default post, and perform it with AJAX.