Help passing a URL as param via POST

[Bmiller]

Hello, I'm new to using Ajax but pretty good with Javascript, but am stuck on something I writing and need some help.

I am passing a XMLHttp request via post and passing some parameters to it. The code is working fine and dandy, and I am using a name/value pair string to pass the parameters as such:

params = "name="+ value+ '&r=' + Math.random();

My problem is this: one of the values I am passing is a URL, which may contain its own query string attached to it. (Imagine a bookmarking type script) If I pass it along as url=url&myotherdata=data... the name/value pairs of the get mixed up when I'm reading it later on my php script.

Any suggestions?

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Bmiller

Hello, I'm new to using Ajax but pretty good with Javascript, but am stuck on something I writing and need some help.

I am passing a XMLHttp request via post and passing some parameters to it. The code is working fine and dandy, and I am using a name/value pair string to pass the parameters as such:

params = "name="+ value+ '&r=' + Math.random();

My problem is this: one of the values I am passing is a URL, which may contain its own query string attached to it. (Imagine a bookmarking type script) If I pass it along as url=url&myotherdata=data... the name/value pairs of the get mixed up when I'm reading it later on my php script.

Any suggestions?

I'm not sure I understand the problem but for your example params must look like this:

params = 'url=' + escape(url) + '&myotherdata=' + escape(data);

name must be explicit and usualy is better to escape value.

best regards

[Bmiller]

Thanks, that did it! I think my brain was just a bit overloaded from a little too much work.

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Bmiller

Thanks, that did it!

you are welcome,

I think my brain was just a bit overloaded from a little too much work.

no problem, it's happend,

best regards