$.fn.form2json = function() { var o = {}; var a = this.serializeArray(); $.each(a, function() { if (o[this.name]) { if (!o[this.name].push) { o[this.name] = [ o[this.name] ]; } o[this.name].push(this.value || ''); } else { o[this.name] = this.value || ''; } }); return o; }