Rails spinoffs - Apr 2007 - Ajax.Request getting rid of "plus" signs

I have this function doing a Ajax.Request. However, when I am looking
at the POST array that I get to my script it does not contain the +
sign in the "phone number" that I might enter.

function submitSignup() {
        var success = function(t) { submitSignupSuccess(t); }
        var failure = function(t) { submitSignupFailure(t); }

        var url = "signup.php?action=register";
        var pars = "firstname=" + $F(''firstname'');
        pars += "&lastname=" + $F(''lastname'');
        pars += "&title=" + $F(''title'');
        pars += "&phone=" + $F(''phone'');
        pars += "&email=" + $F(''email'');

        var req= new Ajax.Request(url, {method: ''post'',
                postBody:pars, onSuccess: success, onFailure:
failure});

}

function submitSignupSuccess(t) {
        //do some stuff

}

function submitSignupFailure(t) {
        //do some stuff

}

Any insights in this?

/Peter


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Be sure to use rawurlencode/rawurldecode to preserve plus signs -- they 
get turned automatically into spaces if you use normal urldecode (or 
rely on the automatic form decoding behavior). encodeURIComponent() is 
the equivalent in JavaScript.

Walter

On Apr 8, 2007, at 6:27 AM, tronen wrote:
>
> I have this function doing a Ajax.Request. However, when I am looking
> at the POST array that I get to my script it does not contain the +
> sign in the "phone number" that I might enter.
>
> function submitSignup() {
>         var success = function(t) { submitSignupSuccess(t); }
>         var failure = function(t) { submitSignupFailure(t); }
>
>         var url = "signup.php?action=register";
>         var pars = "firstname=" +
$F(''firstname'');
>         pars += "&lastname=" +
$F(''lastname'');
>         pars += "&title=" + $F(''title'');
>         pars += "&phone=" + $F(''phone'');
>         pars += "&email=" + $F(''email'');
>
>         var req= new Ajax.Request(url, {method: ''post'',
>                 postBody:pars, onSuccess: success, onFailure:
> failure});
>
> }
>
> function submitSignupSuccess(t) {
>         //do some stuff
>
> }
>
> function submitSignupFailure(t) {
>         //do some stuff
>
> }
>
> Any insights in this?
>
> /Peter
>
>
> >

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Alternatively, use a JSON object for the parameters option of your Ajax 
call.  In other words instead of

    var pars = "firstname=" + $F(''firstname'');
            pars += "&lastname=" +
$F(''lastname'');
            pars += "&title=" + $F(''title'');
            pars += "&phone=" + $F(''phone'');
            pars += "&email=" + $F(''email'');

you could use:

    var pars = {
    	firstname: $F("firstname"),
    	lastname: $F("lastname"),
    	title: $F("title"),
    	phone: $F("phone"),
    	email: $F("email"
    }

      

Then just say { parameters: pars } as an option to your Ajax object and 
you''ll be good to go.  I''ve never had a problem with
encoding/decoding
of parameters using this syntax but it''s happened to me a few times 
using yours. 

Good luck,
 -- Dash --

tronen wrote:
> I have this function doing a Ajax.Request. However, when I am looking
> at the POST array that I get to my script it does not contain the +
> sign in the "phone number" that I might enter.
>
> function submitSignup() {
>         var success = function(t) { submitSignupSuccess(t); }
>         var failure = function(t) { submitSignupFailure(t); }
>
>         var url = "signup.php?action=register";
>         var pars = "firstname=" +
$F(''firstname'');
>         pars += "&lastname=" +
$F(''lastname'');
>         pars += "&title=" + $F(''title'');
>         pars += "&phone=" + $F(''phone'');
>         pars += "&email=" + $F(''email'');
>
>         var req= new Ajax.Request(url, {method: ''post'',
>                 postBody:pars, onSuccess: success, onFailure:
> failure});
>
> }
>
> function submitSignupSuccess(t) {
>         //do some stuff
>
> }
>
> function submitSignupFailure(t) {
>         //do some stuff
>
> }
>
> Any insights in this?
>
> /Peter
>
>
> >
>
>   
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