[pmiller624]

So here's what my Ajax call looks like:

$.ajax({
	url: 'processing.php',
	type: "POST",
	data: "title="+title+"&message="+msg,
	success: function(data){
    	        //Do stuff here
	}
 });

The data that I am posting can sometimes have ampersands in them.
An example would be

title=white & blue&message=these are colors

The problem is that because of the ampersand blue is being treated as a new variable and not part of a string. How can I safely post the variables that I need to post without them being broken up?

I have tried escape() but when I try to undo the escape on the php side it can't do it successfully.

Thanks

[Primm]

Try to use \&.

The \ is used to insert special characters inside a string.

Primm

[BetaWar]

I am not positive here, but I believe that the urldecode function is PHP's way of undoing encode (from JS), so you may want to give that a shot.

Here is the documentation on it:
http://us2.php.net/m...n.urldecode.php

[pmiller624]

BetaWar, on 03 June 2010 - 03:48 PM, said:

I am not positive here, but I believe that the urldecode function is PHP's way of undoing encode (from JS), so you may want to give that a shot.

Here is the documentation on it:
http://us2.php.net/m...n.urldecode.php

I have tried what you suggested, but PHP is unable to decode the URL successfully.

[psyking]

Primm, on 03 June 2010 - 12:34 PM, said:

Try to use \&.

The \ is used to insert special characters inside a string.

Primm

Primm is right, the '\' symbol allows you to insert special symbols into strings. For example:

<script TYPE="TEXT/Javascript">
var aString;
aString = "Hello my nickname is \"PsyKing\" \& I make websites.";
//aString is then equal to: Hello my nickname is "PsyKing" & I make websites.
</SCRIPT>