Escaping ampersand in URL

Question

I am trying to send a GET message that contains strings with ampersands and can\'t figure how to escape the ampersand in the URL.

Example:

http://www         


        

Answer 1

This may help if someone want it in PHP

$variable ="candy_name=M&M";
$variable = str_replace("&", "%26", $variable);

Answer 2

You can rather pass your arguments using this encodeURIComponent function so you don't have to worry about passing any special characters.

data: "param1=getAccNos&param2="+encodeURIComponent('Dolce & Gabbana') OR
var someValue = 'Dolce & Gabbana';
data : "param1=getAccNos&param2="+encodeURIComponent(someValue)

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent