Error in Query String.Whitespaces

Question

I am creating a hyperlink to a page

The url is determined by the user input,thus by the querystring

<a href='+abc+'&country='+country +'&state='+state+' ></a>;

The problem is that the variable state consists of two or more words.. so when i try to click the hyperlink proving the input in the form,only the first word of the state variable is fetched.Browser treats the other as another variable. example if i input new york as state. in the state variable only new is saved,asnd the browser treates york as another variable with a blank value &york=""

What should I do?

What is the exact URL that causes this problem? – Niko Sep 26 '11 at 14:01 — Niko, Sep 26 '11 at 14:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '11 at 14:03

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Escape the illegal characters with encodeURIComponent;

'<a href='+ encodeURIComponent(abc)
 +'&country=' + encodeURIComponent(country)
 +'&state=' + encodeURIComponent(state) + '></a>;

Which would, for example, convert "aaa bbb" to "aaa%20bbb".

answered Sep 26 '11 at 14:03

Alex K.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Well, you could always encode the url: Encode URL in JavaScript?

Or use some comma-separated string.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Sep 26 '11 at 14:04

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Error in Query String.Whitespaces

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