Question

I want to send a URL in a POST request in a variable called surl. How should I encode it in JavaScript and decode it in PHP? For example, the value of surl could be http://www.google.co.in/search?q=javascript+urlencode+w3schools.

EDIT

Sorry, I forgot to mention, it’s not form submission but a ajax request.

Answer 1

Use encodeURIComponent(uri) (for encoding) and decodeURIComponent(uri) for decoding,

E.g (encoding).

var uri="http://w3schools.com/my test.asp?name=ståle&car=saab";
document.write(encodeURIComponent(uri));

Output

http%3A%2F%2Fw3schools.com%2Fmy%20test.asp%3Fname%3Dst%C3%A5le%26car%3Dsaab

Decoding is left for the reader. 🙂

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_encodeURIComponent.asp