Getting UTF-8 URL parameter with JavaScript

Question

I am trying to get a text input field whose value gets sent as the parameter for an XSL transformation which is performed in JavaScript. I have set up a form with the get method, and my script gets the URL parameter like this:

var word=unescape((''+self.location.search).substring(5)).toLowerCase();

This works fine, except when the input contains special characters. I have set the HTML page's encoding to UTF-8, and I have added

accept-charset="utf-8"

to the form. I have also specified charset="utf-8" in the script tag, but it still doesn't work. My browser (Firefox) is set to UTF-8 as the default encoding. I have tried removing the unescape function too.

Panos Bariamis · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-22 10:06:35Z

5

try

decodeURIComponent()

instead of

unescape

see @ http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_decodeuricomponent.asp

answered May 22, 2012 at 10:06

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mplungjan Over a year ago

See w3fools.com then see decodeURIComponent

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