Can I urlencode null when sending request?

Question

I'm trying to send a request that origins from an object that contains null values:

ajax_post("path", {name: "Name", status: null}, callback);

I have my own method that URL encodes the objects. null is a javascript type object, so it ends up here:

  for(var i in data) {
    ...
    if(typeof data[i]=="object") {
      if(data[i]==null) {
        //HOW TO ENCODE THE NULL VALUE?
      }
      else 
      ...
    }
    else 
    ...
  }

The resulting $_POST on server side should contain these:

array(
    name => "Name",
    status => NULL
)

Is this possible or will I have to convert "NULL" into NULL manually on server side?

Answer 1

You could simply not send the parameter that is to be null.
In the backend you have probably some clause that evaluates if the Parameter exists.
If the parameter does not exist you have your null

For your example:

for(var i in data) {
  ...
  if(typeof data[i]=="object") {
    if(data[i]==null) {
      //Dont send parameter so backend evaluates this to null
      //unset(data[i]);
    } else 
    ...
  } else {
    ...
  }
}