How to convert form data to object using MooTools

Question

I would like to convert an entire form of data to a javascript object.

Answer 1

One way of doing it. -- Converting it to JSON object

var hm = $('myform').toQueryString();
    hm = '{"'+hm+'"}'; 
    hm = hm.replace(/&/g, '","');
    hm = hm.replace(/=/g, '":"');
    var jsn = JSON.decode(hm); // jsn is ur JSON object.

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Convert it to Hash.

Mootools has an object type called Hash. You can convert to that as well by doing the following.

Hash link : http://mootools.net/docs/core/Native/Hash It has set and get methods and you can loop and do stuff, check the link.

var hm = $('myform').toQueryString();

var ar = hm.split('&');
var finalo = new Hash();
ar.each(function(a, aCounter)
{
    var tmp = a.split('=');
    finalo.set(tmp[0], tmp[1]);
});

// finalo is your Hash object. Use the get() method to extract values. Check the link given above.