pass an ampersand to a database through AJAX......

[scarhand]

I'm having problems passing an ampersand through AJAX to a database.

 

htmlspecialchars will convert and send all other chars to the database, except ampersand

 

heres my message variable before its inserted into the database:

 

$message = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlspecialchars($_POST['message'], ENT_QUOTES));

 

is there any other php procedures that I could use so that my AJAX script will pass ampersands into the database?

[zq29]

You could encode it with urlencode() - The problem with htmlentities() is that the encoded version still has an ampersand it in!