urlencode() from PHP in JavaScript?

Question

I'm looking for similar function as urlencode() from PHP just in JavaScript. jQuery library is allowed.

Basically, I need to encode the string and then redirect the user to another page just with JavaScript.

Answer 1

There is no function quite matching urlencode(), but there is one quite equivalent to rawurlencode(): encodeURIComponent().

Usage: var encoded = encodeURIComponent(str);

You can find a reference here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent