escape & in url

Question

Hi all

How can I escape & (ampersand) in url with the correct replacement in the jQuery function. I have tried

.replace("/&/g", "&")  
.replace("/&/g", "%26") 
.replace("/&/g", "\&") 

But nothing is working.

If anyone has idea please share with me.

Thanks

Answer 1

If you need to just escape a URL, I recommend using a JavaScript function such as encodeURIComponent.

Answer 2

Try the URLEncode plugin: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/URLEncode