POST Variables contains "+"

[leon_nerd]

Hi Guys,

 

I am making some AJAX calls and passing some POST variables. The POST parameters happen to contain "+" character. It is something like prod1=A4+&prod2=fullsize. When I try to read the $_POST[prod1] it returns "A4 ". There is no + sign and it replaced by a white space. Am I doing something wrong? How can I read POST variables that contains "+" character.

 

Thanks in advance.

[cags]

How is it getting put in the $_POST variable? The + symbol is one of the standard methods for encoding a space, which is obviously what is happening, I think using urlencode should solve the problem.

[leon_nerd]

I am making an AJAX call. So, I am building up the string using the javascript "+" to concatenate various variables for POST. Then I am using

http_request.open('POST', url, true);

. So, how can I use the urlencode() here since I am creating the parameter string in javascript?

[cags]

If the string is built using JavaScript you can't, use %2B instead of the + as that is the encrypted value. If needs be you can then use urldecode in the script your calling with AJAX.

[salathe]

So, how can I use the urlencode() here since I am creating the parameter string in javascript?

 

Use the JavaScript encodeURIComponent function.

[leon_nerd]

Thanks a lot salathe . That worked. It was kind of silly of me to forget this simple function.

 

Thanks everyone for putting in your views. I was not expecting this kind of turnaround time for my problem. Just amazing to see this kind of response. Will be around. Thanks