Question

I am trying to pass the time zone parameter in a Ajax request

Like

 alert(meeting_time);
        alert(meeting_timezone);
    $.ajax({ 
        type: "GET",  
        url: "http://webfaction/UI/user/joinmeeting.php",  
        data: "user_names="+ user_names + "&image=" +file+"&duration="+ duration +"&user_name="+ user_name + "&meeting_id=" + meeting_id + "&moderator_password=" + moderator_password +"&attendee_password=" + attendee_password +
        "&meeting_time=" + meeting_time + "&meeting_timezone=" + meeting_timezone + "&meeting_sms_no=" + meeting_sms_no + "&meeting_logout_url=" + meeting_logout_url +"&meeting_maxp=" + meeting_maxp +"&meeting_name=" + meeting_name ,
        success: function(json){  
               alert(json);
              $('#show_ajax').hide();
            if(!json.error) location.reload(true);

        },

Now my problem is before ajax request

alert(meeting_timezone);  is printing  `GMT +8.00`

but on the joinmeeting.php page

   $meeting_timezone = $_GET['meeting_timezone'];   

   print $meeting_timezone;

the above print statement is printing the value GMT 8.00

(+ sign is not printing here)

Please tell me how to fix this problem ?

Answer 1

That’s a known situation while using POST and GET methods, your + signs will be converted to space. The right way to pass data through POST or GET is using encodeURIComponent in JavaScript.

For example in your case, do this before sending:

meeting_timezone = encodeURIComponent(meeting_timezone);