I understand. But now I have to escape the ';'. My wish is to send css formatted data in url: http://host/?css=color:red;background-color:green;left:10;top:20
W. Op donderdag 9 augustus 2012 15:16:46 UTC+2 schreef Tim Wienk het volgende: > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:31 PM, woomla <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > When i parseQueryString this string: view=a;b;c I get an array > ['view=a', > > 'b', 'c'] because the string is split on & AND ;. > > > > Is this normal behaviour? Shouldn't it only split on '&'? > > > > W > > The ideal behaviour, I guess, would be to use either '&' or ';', not > both (currently it splits on both), and have a setting for it (an > argument to the function perhaps, though the function already gets two > arguments). > > Using ';' is not incorrect at all though: > "We recommend that HTTP server implementors, and in particular, CGI > implementors support the use of ';' in place of '&' to save authors > the trouble of escaping '&' characters" > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2 > > Tim. > > -- > Tim Wienk, Software Developer, MooTools Developer > E. [email protected] <javascript:> | W. http://tim.wienk.name >
