[jQuery] $.post-ing data brackets as first character of form value adds semi-colon to input name

When I $.post() the values of a form, if one of the values start with any of ()[]{}, then the associated form element name has a semi- colon appended to it when I finally extract the POST data in my PHP script. The Javascript: var formValues = $(#formName).serialize(); alert(

[jQuery] Re: $.post-ing data brackets as first character of form value adds semi-colon to input name

On Jul 13, 3:54 pm, Jeff Nouwen jnou...@gmail.com wrote: My PHP script is being called through CodeIgniter, but I don't immediately see anything in its code that would cause the addition of the semi-colon. And upon closer inspection of CodeIgniter's source, it is indeed the cause of my