jquery serialize test
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<form id="myForm">
<input type="text" name="v1" value="jason was here">
<input type="text" name="v2" value="this & that">
<input type="button" id="checkButton" value="check">
</form>
JavaScript
$(document).ready( function(){
$('#checkButton').click( function(){
alert( $('#myForm').serialize() );
});
});