jQuery serialize() leaves out textarea

Question

When I submit a form using jQuery\'s serialize() method, everything gets submitted except the textarea in the form. Is this a common issue? I can\'t figure it out. The form

Answer 1

No it doesn't.

It works fine. http://jsfiddle.net/nuBkM/

    

    lorem ipsum

The JavaScript

console.log($("form").serialize());
// => foo=bar&something=lorem+ipsum 

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.serializeArray works too

console.log($("form").serializeArray());
// => [{name: "foo", value: "bar"}, {name: "something", value: "lorem ipsum"}]