serialize() doesn't produce the exact same string as when you actually send the form: utf8 characters encoded differently

[matteosistisette]

Steps to reproduce:

• create a HTML form
• paste some chinese characters into a text field
• send the form

=> the chinise characters are converted into html entities, e.g. 投 and sent

Now copy the same input into the text field and call serialize() on the same form => the chinese characters are just url-encoded without previously converting them into html entities e.g. %E6%8A%95

The serialize() method should produce EXACTLY the same string that the browser places into the request when sending the same form.

Though, I am not sure whether this is a bug in jQuery or in the Javascript engine itself.

[matteosistisette]

Sorry for the formatting. The "Steps to reproduce" part doesn't end where the list ends. The "Now copy..." part is the last step.

[rwaldron]

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