[HTML_AJAX-devel] [Fwd: HTML_AJAX.formSubmit encoding/charset]

[Otto Berger]

hi Josh,
hi Laurent,

many thanks!

Otto


Joshua Eichorn schrieb:
> This change has been made in svn and will be available in 0.5.0 whenever
> i get it released.
> -josh
> Otto Berger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to change the formEncode function regarding my character
>> encoding problem? Or did i miss some other side effects?
>>
>> Otto
>>
>>
>> related post:
>> --------------
>>
>> Hi Laurent,
>>
>> sorry for my late answer, but i recognized the following: If i replace
>> the encode function with encodeURIComponent it works perfectly for me:
>>
>> Line 324 of HTML_AJAX.js:
>>
>>             escName = escape(name);
>>                         if (array_format) {
>>                                 value = el.value;
>>                         } else {
>>                                 value = encodeURIComponent(el.value);
>> //                              value = escape(el.value);
>>                         }
>>
>>
>>
>> I used "encodeURIComponent" instead of "encodeURI" because of the
>> encoding of "&" chars etc. This change works for me in all cases - but
>> maybe there are some other side-effects?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Otto
>>
>> Laurent Yaish schrieb:
>>  
>>> Hi Otto,
>>>
>>> seems like we should be using encodeURI instead of escape.
>>> The reason why the values were being escaped is because formEncode
>>> builds a url with all the GET vars, and therefore we must deal with
>>> special characters (i.e. spaces and such)
>>>
>>> try replacing escape by encodeURI, I'll run some tests on HTML_AJAX
>>> also.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Laurent
>>>
>>> On 6/1/06, Otto Berger <bruno at hilight.de> wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> i found out that this is issued by the escape function in the
>>>> formEncode
>>>> function:
>>>>
>>>> value = escape(el.value);
>>>>
>>>> if i disable the escaping of the form values, special chars are
>>>> transmitted correctly...
>>>>
>>>> Must i expect any other effects on this change?
>>>>
>>>> Otto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Otto Berger schrieb:
>>>>      
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> i know about the encoding options on the server and client side -
>>>>> but i
>>>>> got a problem while sending a html-form:
>>>>>
>>>>> - form-input-fields are filled using mysql (utf-8) and HTML_AJAX
>>>>>         
>>>> with no
>>>>      
>>>>> encoding problems (german special chars like öäü are displayed
>>>>>         
>>>> correctly)
>>>>      
>>>>> - http- and html-header informations are (in my oppinion ;-)) correct
>>>>>
>>>>> But submitting the form using HTML_AJAX.formSubmit results in encoding
>>>>> chaos (special chars are displayed as '?' (Questionmarks)
>>>>>
>>>>> i've tested with firefox and IE6.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Otto
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>
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