Jquery Serialize data

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Published on 2012-09-13T21:31:50Z Indexed on 2012/09/13 21:38 UTC
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So I have several text boxes, drop down menus, and radio options on this form. When the user clicks submit i want to save ALL that information so I can put it into a database. So this is all the form's inputs

<div id="reg2a">
First Name: <br/><input type="text" name="fname" /> <br/>
Last Name: <br/><input type="text" name="lname" /> <br/>
Address: <br/><input type="text" name="address" /> <br/>
City: <br/><input type="text" name="city" /> <br/>
State: <br/><input type="text" name="state" /> <br/>
Zip Code: <br/><input type="text" name="zip" /> <br/>
Phone Number: <br/><input type="text" name="phone" /> <br/>
Fax: <br/><input type="text" name="fax" /> <br/>
Email: <br/><input type="text" name="email" /> <br/>
Ethnicity: <i>Used only for grant reporting purposes</i> <br/><input type="text" name="ethnicity" /> <br/><br/>

Instutional Information Type (select the best option) <br/>
<select name="iitype">
<option value="none">None</option>
<option value="uni">University</option>
<option value="commorg">Community Organization</option>
</select> <br/><br/>

    Number of sessions willing to present:
    <select id="vennum_select" name="vnum">
      <?php for($i=0;$i<=3;$i++) { ?>
        <option value="<?php echo $i ?>"><?php echo $i ?></option>
      <?php } ?><br/>
    </select><br/>
    Number of tables requested:
    <select id="tabnum_select" name="tnum">

      <?php for($i=1;$i<=3;$i++) { ?>
        <option value="<?php echo $i ?>"><?php echo $i ?></option>
      <?php } ?>
    </select><br/><br/>
    Awarding of a door prize during the conference will result in a reduction in the cost of your first table. <br/><br/>
    I am providing a door prize for delivery during the conference of $75 or more
    <select id="prize_select" name="pnum">
        <option value="0">No</option>
        <option value="1">Yes</option>  
    </select><br/>

Prize name: <input type="text" name="prize_name" /><br/>
Description: <input type="text" name="descr" /><br/>
Value: <input type="text" name="retail" /><br/><br/>

Name of Institution: <br/><input type="text" name="institution" /> <br/><br/>

Type (select the best option) <br/>
<select name="type">
<option value="none">None</option>
<option value="k5">K-5</option>
<option value="k8">K-8</option>
<option value="68">6-8</option>
<option value="912">9-12</option>
</select> <br/><br/>

Address: <br/><input type="text" name="address_sch" /> <br/>
City: <br/><input type="text" name="city_sch" /> <br/>
State: <br/><input type="text" name="state_sch" /> <br/>
Zip Code: <br/><input type="text" name="zip_sch" /> <br/>

<form name="frm2sub" id="frm2sub" action="page3.php" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" id="submit" />
</form>
</div>

This is my jquery function:

$("#frm2sub").submit( function() {  
    var values = {};
values["fname"] = $("#fname").val();
});

I can do this for each one of the input boxes but I want to give all this data to the next page. So how do I put this array into $_POST? Btw, I've tried doing

var data = $("#reg2a").serialize();

and

var data = $(document).serialize();

Data ended up being empty. Any ideas? Thanks

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