How to get value for checkbox in JQuery?

Question

I'm using JQuery to POST a form. I'm having trouble getting the proper value from this field:

<input type="checkbox" name="facebook" value="true" checked="checked" id="facebook"/>

My JQuery:

var facebook = $("input#facebook").val();

I realize now that I'm getting the value with is always "true" regardless of being checked or not. So how do I get whether it's checked or not?

amurra · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-20 04:18:07Z

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var facebook = $('input#facebook').is(':checked');

answered Jan 20, 2011 at 4:18

amurra

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