Re: Strange string behavior...

David OBrien wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Don Wieland <donw@dwdataconcepts.com> > wrote: > >> I have an issue with updating a text field called "appt_notes" with a >> string that uses the & and + characters. On one of the forms (which uses >> AJAX), it does not save the entire text. <snip> >> $.ajax({ >> url: "/utils.php", >> >> type: "POST", >> >> data: data, > > on the javascript side you'd use escape( variable ) to add slashes where > needed on all those variables escape() is deprecated[1]; it's better to use encodeURI() resp. encodeURIComponent() instead. However, in this case the Ajax request is done with jQuery.ajax() so it is sufficient to set the data property to an appropriate object[2]. Most likely it is even possible to simplify the code considerably by using .serialize()[3]. [1] <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/escape> [2] <http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/#jQuery-ajax-settings> [3] <http://api.jquery.com/serialize/> -- Christoph M. Becker