encode string

[manix]

Alright, I read like 500 articles and threads about this and none of them worked.

 

I have a string of cyrillic characters which I need to pass to another page via post ajax which apparently does not support cp1251 charset so I figured I needed to encode the string before passing it, and I did utf8_encode and guess what, it didn't work because that encodes cyrillic characters to some other cyrillic looking characters and when they're being passed via post they become something like "PPP?!?PPP". So my question is what encoding do I need to use to pass cyrillic characters with jquery post ajax

[WebStyles]

doesn't sound like a php question. Maybe you'll have better luck in the javascript or ajax forum. Anyway, you should post your code so we can have a look.

 

thanks

[manix]

well It's all mixed..

 

 

<?php
if(isset($_POST['search']))
  {
  $search = $_POST['search']; // this is the correct string which I send from a form in another page
   ..here I echo some stuff..
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
$.post('vicove.php', { 
						page: 1,
						order: 4,
						search: $('#searchhidden').val() // this is still the correct string
					},
function(returned) {
if(returned.length>100)
	{
	$('#results').html(returned).show();
	}
});
</script>
<?php
}
?>

 

here's the part where it messes up

 

vicove.php

<?php
....
$ordernumber=$_POST['order'];	
switch($ordernumber)
	{
	case 4:
	$viewuser = $_POST['search']; // alright here is the problem, now it's ruined
...
?>

[manix]

Solved, used urlencode() and urldecode()

 

sending

$.post('vicove.php', { 
						page: 1,
						order: 4,
						param1: "<?php echo urlencode($search); ?>"
					},
function(returned) {
if(returned.length>100)
	{
	$('#results').html(returned).show();
	}
});

 

receiving

<?php
$search = urldecode($_POST['param1']);
?>