Passing get parameter from javascript to php destroys formatting

Question

I format text with javascript asigning + to every emtpy space like this

var ft = text.replace(/ /g,"+");

Then I pass ft to a php script via jquery ajax as an get argument.

But

print $_GET['text'];

gives me the text with empty spaces instead +.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You should get familiar with the concept of URL encoding.

PHP's urldecode function will run against all $_GET variables by default, so if you want to see raw input, use rawurldecode:

$encoded = array_map('rawurldecode', $_GET);

echo $encoded['text']; //blah+blah