encodeURIComponent for double quotes disappears on form action

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to pass a url like:

my_url = 'http://somedomain.com/somepath/somepage?key="query"';

when someone clicks on a form.

I tried using encodeURI and encodeURIComponent and even using alerts to see that I have either "query" or %22query%22 because I call something like document.my_form.action = my_url but when the browser hits to that page, I get:

http://somedomain.com/somepath/somepage?key=query

The double quotes are missing. Similar tries with '=', '@' all are retained... is there something I'm missing?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Using a query string in an action attribute of a GET-method form will result in the query being overwritten by the variables of the form itself.

You can try to add your values as hidden input fields (using JavaScript).

I tried your code, and it works great for me:

<?php
 print_r($_GET);
?>
<br>
<form id="testForm" method="post">
 <input type="submit">
</form>

<script>

 var actionUrl = "http://domain.com/test.php?key=" + '"query"';

 document.getElementById("testForm").action = actionUrl;

</script>

Output:
Array ( [key] => "query" )