CakePHP removing special characters from this->params -

i using jquery pass data following url in cakephp 1.2 app:

$("#test").load("http://domain.com/controller/action/productid:2001642/questionid:2501322/value:c%2b%2b/questiontype:3", function({   $("#test").fadeout(3000); });  

in controller when

debug($this->params['named']); 

it returns

array (     [productid] => 2001642     [questionid] => 2501322     [value] => c       [questiontype] => 3 ) 

the url part of $this displays

[url] => array                 (                     [url] => deu/productanswers/updateoredit/productid:2001642/questionid:2501322/value:c  /questiontype:3                 ) 

so somewhere along line c++ or c%2b%2b getting squished.

does have solution or workaround please?

cheers, taff

although interested in cakephp solution, resorted using $_server['request_uri']

definitely not sexy solution

$tmp1 = explode('value:',$_server['request_uri']); $tmp2 = explode('/',$tmp1[1]);  $prod=$this->params['named']['productid']; $ques=$this->params['named']['questionid'];      $value=urldecode($tmp2[0]); 

hope helps in future...