$('#assign_categories_form').on('submit', function (event) {
event.preventDefault();

var documents = [];
$.each($("#documents_auth_select option:selected"), function(){
    documents.push($(this).val());
});
if (documents.length === 0) {
    $('#modal_message_title').html( 'Nessun documento selezionato...' );
    $('#modal_message_p').html( 'È necessario selezionare almeno un documento a cui assegnare delle categorie!' );
    $('#modal_message_div').modal();
    return false;
}

var categories = [];
$.each($("#dl_categories option:selected"), function(){
    categories.push($(this).val());
});
if (categories.length === 0) {
    $('#modal_message_title').html( 'Nessuna categoria selezionata...' );
    $('#modal_message_p').html( 'È necessario selezionare almeno una categoria prima di procedere!' );
    $('#modal_message_div').modal();
    return false;
}

console.log(documents);

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: ajax_db.ajaxurl,
    contentType: 'application/json',
    data: JSON.stringify({
        action: 'assign_categories',
        documents: documents,
        categories: categories
    }),
    success: function (data) {
        alert(data);
    }
});

});

I need to pass documents and categories arrays to PHP with AJAX, in past I used JSON.stingify but I can't understand how to do in WordPress...

EDIT: I tried writing:

$('#assign_categories_form').on('submit', function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var documents = [];
    $.each($("#documents_auth_select option:selected"), function(){
        documents.push($(this).val());
    });
    if (documents.length === 0) {
        $('#modal_message_title').html( 'Nessun documento selezionato...' );
        $('#modal_message_p').html( 'È necessario selezionare almeno un documento a cui assegnare delle categorie!' );
        $('#modal_message_div').modal();
        return false;
    }

    var categories = [];
    $.each($("#dl_categories option:selected"), function(){
        categories.push($(this).val());
    });
    if (categories.length === 0) {
        $('#modal_message_title').html( 'Nessuna categoria selezionata...' );
        $('#modal_message_p').html( 'È necessario selezionare almeno una categoria prima di procedere!' );
        $('#modal_message_div').modal();
        return false;
    }

    console.log(documents);

    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: ajax_db.ajaxurl,
        contentType: 'application/json',
        data: JSON.stringify({
            action: 'assign_categories',
            documents: documents,
            categories: categories
        }),
        success: function (data) {
            alert(data);
        }
    });

});

I need to pass documents and categories arrays to PHP with AJAX, in past I used JSON.stingify but I can't understand how to do in WordPress...

EDIT:

I tried writing:

EDIT: I tried writing:

documents = JSON.stringify(documents);
            console.log(documents);

            $.ajax({
                type: 'POST',
                url: ajax_db.ajaxurl,
                data: {
                    action: 'assign_categories',
                    documents: documents
                },
                success: function (data) {
                    console.log(data);
                }
            });` and in the PHP callback `public function assign_categories() {

    $documents = json_decode($_POST["documents"]);

    echo $documents;
    wp_die();

}

with the PHP callback:

public function assign_categories() {

    $documents = json_decode($_POST["documents"]);

    echo $documents;
    wp_die();

}

but the callback return empty...