make serialized form POST to php - php

Question

my problem is that I'm sending html form data via jquery here's the code :
$('#search_button').click(function(event) {
var track_load = 0; //total loaded record group(s)
var loading = false; //to prevents multipal ajax loads
var total_groups = <?php echo $total_groups; ?>; //total record group(s)
var Data = $("#srch_form").serializeArray();
console.log(Data);
$('#results').load("autoload_process.php", {
data:Data,
'group_no':track_load},
function() {track_load++;}); //load first group
});
and in the php receiving page I'm getting an array with one array per name&value pair inside like this :
array (size=4)
0 =>
array (size=2)
'name' => string 'srch_word' (length=9)
'value' => string '' (length=0)
1 =>
array (size=2)
'name' => string 'srch_cat-2' (length=10)
'value' => string '2' (length=1)
2 =>
array (size=2)
'name' => string 'srch_cat-5' (length=10)
'value' => string '5' (length=1)
3 =>
array (size=2)
'name' => string 'srch_cat-6' (length=10)
'value' => string '6' (length=1)
But before with html only form post I was getting one array with the pairs inside :
array (size=4)
'srch_word' => string '' (length=0)
'srch_cat-2' => string '2' (length=1)
'srch_cat-5' => string '5' (length=1)
'srch_cat-6' => string '6' (length=1)
And I use to access the values like an associative array would do ($_POST['srch_word'], or even just $srch_word would work ), now I can't do that.
¿How can I get one array from the jquery post or how can I reduce this array of arrays to one array in the php file or what should I do in this case?
I would appreciate your help.

Answer 1

this is sample maybe usefull for you as long number of child array always two
<?php
$keys = array();
$value = array();
$serialize = array(array('name' => 'srch_word', 'value' => ''), array('name' => 'srch_cat-2', 'value' => '2'));
foreach ($serialize as $key) {
array_push($keys, $key['name']);
array_push($value, $key['value']);
}
$final = array_combine($keys, $value);
echo '<pre>',print_r($final),'</pre>';
?>
replace $serialize as your array define
please vote if you like it