By normally, I mean when it works, Firebug displays the POST tab info that way.
OK, it turns out the problem was with my PHP code, not jQuery. The problem is now solved. I shall no longer doubt the powers of the almighty jQuery. Thanks for the help, Jörn. On May 18, 8:12 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Crusty wrote: > > Forgot to say that normally Firebug shows POST like this: > > > POST: > > special: specialval > > str: Im||not||actually||needing||a||new||car||any||time||soon > > existing: cars||electric car||environment||honda||technology > > What is "normally"? > > jQuery use encodeURIComponent to encode both parameter names and values. > As long as Firebug displays the POST tab, the data is posted. Seems the > server expects a different format then the one jQuery procudes. > > You can override that by doing the conversion yourself. Pass in a string > to use for POST as the parameter. That heavily depends on what the > server is expecting and what is "normally". > > -- > Jörn Zaefferer > > http://bassistance.de
