Question

I have this weird issue which i’m absolutely don’t even know how to address…

i have this little AJAX call:

    $('#toexcel').live("click",function() {
        var sql = grid.data().sql;
        $.ajax({
            url: "toExcel.php",
            data: "sql="+sql,
            success: function(response){
                window.location.href = response.url;
            }
        });
        alert(sql);
    });
}); 

which passes sql query from grid object to toExcel. toExcel uses PHPExcel object to output excel file.

now:

when alert pops up it has normally looking query ...LIKE '%cdviled%'...

but when i access this query in toExcel.php it looks like ...LIKE 'Íviled04%'....
and query obviously fails.

why????? how??

Answer 1

%cd is a valid URL-encoded representation of Í and PHP handles it as such.

The solution is simple. Change:

data: "sql="+sql,

to:

data: "sql="+encodeURIComponent(sql),