colon is a character which can be encoded to '%3A' as per many sites and when I try to encode using URIencode it is not working

for example if I try to encode like URIencode(':'); then nothing happens. colon is returned. Why is this?? can someone help me out here.

Thanks in advance.

colon is a character which can be encoded to '%3A' as per many sites and when I try to encode using URIencode it is not working

for example if I try to encode like URIencode(':'); then nothing happens. colon is returned. Why is this?? can someone help me out here.

Thanks in advance.

• javascript
• uri
• uriencoding

• 2 Take a look @ What is the difference between decodeURIComponent and decodeURI? – Alex K. Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 10:27

1 Answer 1

The encodeURI() encodes special characters, except:

, / ? : @ & = + $ #

You should use this instead encodeURIComponent(':');

This function encodes special characters. In addition, it encodes the characters skipped by encodeURI()