javascript - PHP - "&" character gets hidden in $_POST

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Answer 1

The issue is because you're sending your data in a URL encoded string where the ampersand character has a special meaning and needs to be encoded.

However, with a POST request you should pass the values in the body of the request, not the URL. The simplest way to do this with jQuery is to provide an object to the data property of the $.ajax settings instead, and jQuery will take care of encoding it correctly and setting it in the right part of the request for you.

In addition, you should remove the async: false setting. Always send AJAX requests asynchronously as synchronous requests are deprecated and will display a warning in the browser console. As you're using callbacks correctly, you don't need async: false anyway.

With all that said, try this:

$.ajax({
  url: 'm-add-edit.php?',
  type: 'POST',
  data: {
    tableName: 'Items',
    description: $('#itemDescription').val()
  },
  success: function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  },
  error: function(x, s, e) {
    console.log(x, s, e);
  }
});