[SOLVED] stripped characters on POST

[gamesmstr]

I have a ajaxed chat room and have run across an interesting problem.  My post_chat() function seems to strip out the + and & signs.  I could use some help here.  I am guessing it happens when the variable is passed as POST.  Anybody got any ideas?

 

here is my ajax call:

 

 

var intUpdate;

function createXMLHttpRequest() {
	if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') { 
		return new XMLHttpRequest(); 
	} 
	try { 
		return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); 
	} catch (e) {
			try { 
				return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
			} catch (e) {}
	}
	return false; 
}


function refresh_chat() {
	var xmlHttp2 = createXMLHttpRequest();

	params = '';
	xmlHttp2.open("POST","ajax/ajax-autochat3.php", true);
	xmlHttp2.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	xmlHttp2.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(xmlHttp2.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp2.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById("chatbox").innerHTML = xmlHttp2.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlHttp2.send(params);
	intupdate=setTimeout("refresh_chat()", 10000);
}

function refresh_stats() {
	var xmlHttp3 = createXMLHttpRequest();

	params = '';
	xmlHttp3.open("POST","ajax/statsajax.php", true);
	xmlHttp3.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

	xmlHttp3.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(xmlHttp3.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp3.status == 200) {
			var brokenstring = xmlHttp3.responseText.split("-@[-");

			if ( brokenstring[0] == 'stats' ) { 
				document.getElementById("statbox").innerHTML = brokenstring[1];
			}
		}
	}
	xmlHttp3.send(params);

	statupdate=setTimeout("refresh_stats()", 60000);
}

function load_chat() {
	var xmlHttp4 = createXMLHttpRequest();

	params = '';

	xmlHttp4.open("POST","ajax/ajax-autochat3.php", true);
	xmlHttp4.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	xmlHttp4.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(xmlHttp4.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp4.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById("chatbox").innerHTML = xmlHttp4.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlHttp4.send(params);
	setTimeout("refresh_chat()", 10000);
}

function post_chat() {
	var xmlHttp5 = createXMLHttpRequest();
	var text = document.getElementById("chatval").value;

	params = "text=" + text;

	xmlHttp5.open("POST","ajax/ajax-autochat3.php", true);
	xmlHttp5.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	xmlHttp5.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(xmlHttp5.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp5.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById("chatbox").innerHTML = xmlHttp5.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlHttp5.send(params);
	document.getElementById("chatval").value='';
	clearTimeout(intupdate);
	refresh_chat();
}

[rhodesa]

try changing this:

      params = "text=" + text;

to

      params = "text=" + encodeURI(text);

in your post_chat() function

[gamesmstr]

try changing this:

      params = "text=" + text;

to

      params = "text=" + encodeURI(text);

in your post_chat() function

 

Thanks! I actually had to use encodeURIComponent() but you definitely put me on the right track.