[RESOLVED] Saving content of textarea. PHP/Javascript editor

[artheus]

Hi!

I am using editArea for a project of mine. And I am using two buttons to save the content of the editArea. One "Save" (which will go directly through form, to php, and then be redirected to another page). And one "Apply" which will save using an AJAX function, like this :

function saveContent() {

                var table = "<?php echo $table; ?>";
                var type = "<?php echo $type; ?>";
                var id = "<?php echo $id; ?>";
                var name = "<?php echo $name; ?>";

                var parameters = "contents=" + editAreaLoader.getValue("editArea1");
                parameters = parameters + "&table=" + table;
                parameters = parameters + "&type=" + type;
                parameters = parameters + "&id=" + id;
                parameters = parameters + "&name=" + name;
                var xmlHttpReq = null;
                // Mozilla/Safari
                if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                        xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
                }
                // IE
                else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
                        xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }
                xmlHttpReq.open('POST', 'save.php?ajax&edit');
                xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
                xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
                xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
                xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
                        if (xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
                            alert("Saved!");
                        }
                };
                xmlHttpReq.send(parameters);
             }

And the "Save" button that will save the data using form -> php works perfectly. But when I press the "Apply" (AJAX function) it will loose characters like \ / + && and similar.

So the code

if(somebool && anotherbool) function();

will become

if(somebool anotherbool) function();

Which clearly will not work...

What can I do to make it work properly?

Thanks,
Artheus

[jamesbcox1980]

Probably need to convert them to html entities before you send it using escape(text). then on the PHP side you can unescape it using urldecode()

[artheus]

Probably need to convert them to html entities before you send it using escape(text). then on the PHP side you can unescape it using urldecode()

Thank you for quick reply.

But it seems to be a problem with the editArea. Because the getValue function returns without the eg. && characters, etc.

//Artheus