Encoding the entire location.href string

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I am redirecting the user using window.location.href.

If I do not switch the & to & joining the URL parameters in the string, IE7 and IE8 complain (for example, the &reg is turned into a registered trademark symbol).

If I just write the & as &, my modern Firefox 24.0 doesn't process the parameters because it just reads them as straight &.

How can I encode the URL in such a way that makes both browsers happy? encodeURIComponent() just breaks the whole thing for everyone.

window.location.href = '/ex/mypage.php?MemberID=' + memberID + '&reg=reg&rid=' + return_data + '&YearRegisteringFor=' + regYear;

Did you try to post a URI rather than just the path? (i.e. example.com/ex/mypage.php?...) — Sebastian
– Sebastian, Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 14:30
I would just forfeit and use a different url parameter name. This is a known bug in IE7/8, and the only fix is to use & in place of &, which as you can see, makes it stop working correctly in firefox 24.0. You could use browser detection, or possibly find a way to detect support for using &reg=, however that's far more maintenance heavy than just changing the parameter name. — user400654
– user400654, Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 14:36

user400654 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27 14:48:31Z

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I would just forfeit and use a different url parameter name. This is a known bug in IE7/8, and the only fix is to use & in place of &, which as you can see, makes it stop working correctly in firefox 24.0.

You could use browser detection, or possibly find a way to detect support for using &reg=, however that's far more maintenance heavy than just changing the parameter name.

answered Aug 27, 2013 at 14:48

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