+ in post?

[eluser]gRoberts[/eluser]
Hi all,

My client has just asked why when he uses an ajax feature i've implemented that it doesn't remember +'s?

The content is escaped prior to being sent and using firebug, it is still there when i call open (ajax) but when its received in the controller and parsed using the input->post (with and without xss), it converts the + to a single space.

Any idea's on how i can overcome this?

Cheers

[eluser]manilodisan[/eluser]
What if you use $_POST instead of $this->input->post?

[eluser]gRoberts[/eluser]
The same my friend. Like in querystrings, + represents a space. As post is passed across like

Code:

param1=My+name+is&param2=gavin

I think it is treated the same. I can't seem to get it to work, i've tried escaping it, I can't seem to find the ascii equiv either.

Thanks

Gav

[eluser]manilodisan[/eluser]
Try to base64_encode the data before sending it to PHP and decode there.

[eluser]gRoberts[/eluser]
good stuff.

The only downside is having to do that...

Thank you !

[eluser]manilodisan[/eluser]
I don't see any downside rather than having to load another js file. base64 was built for things like this.