How to get ckeditor textarea value using jquery?

Question

I am using ckeditor on textarea but i could not get data from it.

Code :

<textarea name="DSC" class="materialize-textarea"></textarea>
<script>
  CKEDITOR.replace('DSC');
  </script>

Jquery :

var title = $('input[name=TITLE]').val();
    var desc = $('textarea[name=DSC]').text();
    var formdata = 'TITLE='+title+'&DSC='+desc;

Answer 1

No need for jQuery CKEditor has its own method to get data from converted textarea:

var desc = CKEDITOR.instances['DSC'].getData();

OR:

var desc = CKEDITOR.instances.DSC.getData();

Answer 2

Use id attibute in textarea and use that id in CKeditor instead of textarea's name check bellow

<textarea name="textareaname" id="textarea-id"></textarea>
CKEDITOR.replace( 'textarea-id');//use id not name//
var ckValue = CKEDITOR.instances["textarea-id"].getData(); or
var ckValue = CKEDITOR.instances.textarea-id.getData();

Answer 3

alert(CKEDITOR.instances.DSC.getData());