problem sending search query '%%'

[Paul_Ferrie]

Hi guys,

from flash i am sending
searchLets.php?goSearch=letPostcode LIKE 'g45'
Works fine and does what it should.
But if i send
searchLets.php?goSearch=letPostcode LIKE '%g45%'
My broswer(I.E) dosent like it.

My AS code

seBT.onRelease = function() {
	if (mmLoose.getState() == true) {
		goSearch = mmSearch.getSelectedItem().data+" LIKE "+"'%"+theSearch.text+"%'";
		searchLets(goSearch);
	} else {
		goSearch = mmSearch.getSelectedItem().data+" LIKE "+"'"+theSearch.text+"'";
		searchLets(goSearch);
	}
};

Any suggestions?

Cheers
Paul

[devinemke]

[man]urlencode[/man]
[man]urldecode[/man]

[Paul_Ferrie]

Since the problem is happing before the script is executed urlencode does not come into this situation.

Thanks anyway.
Oh and i got it sorted 🙂
Replaced

loadVariables(path2adm+"searchLets.php?goSearch="+goSearch, this, "POST");

with

loadVariables(path2adm+"searchLets.php", this, "POST");

Thanks,

Paul

[Weedpacket]

Well, urlencode() is relevant, because it does on the server side what you should have been doing on the client side. % has a special meaning in URLs, so if you want it interpreted as a literal '%' you need to encode it.