"&" getting converted into %26 in query string

[SatishPutcha]

Hello Everybody

I am trying to create a querystring in Javascript that I append to my form action.

I want it like

searchterm=abel&Submit=Go&searchtype=property&extra=quickSearch

But why is it showing like this in the address bar

searchterm%3Dabel%26Submit%3DGo%26searchtype%3Dproperty&extra=quickSearch

My javascript for the form submit is:

valquerystring = "searchterm%3Dabel%26Submit%3DGo%26searchtype%3Dproperty&extra=quickSearch";

frmbookmark.action = "search.php?" + valquerystring;

Thanks and Regards
Satish Kumar

 

[SatishPutcha]

Sorry the valquerystring value is being formatted properly with "&" and "=" but it is showing differently in the address bar.

Any ideas please!!

Thanks and Regards
Satish Kumar

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Try properly escaping your & symbols in your HTML as &

You'll need to do that if you want the page to validate, anyway.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[SatishPutcha]

Dan

Thanks for the help. I will try it.

One thing though. When I am doing an "alert" of the valquerystring it is showing well-formatted.

Thanks and Regards
Satish Kumar

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Oops - my mistake. You do not need to escape it, as it is JavaScript, not HTML.

Sorry for the confusion!

Dan


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[SatishPutcha]

No problem. All help is welcome.

Anyway, I could not do it with the form submit but I tried document.location.href and the querystring remained formatted. It worked!!

Though still not sure what happened when using form submit.

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Satish