Issue with jQuery data() treating string as number
floating-point, javascript, jquery
Solution
This isn't a case of "long int" really, the number you're getting is the closest available representation as a floating-point number.
Anyway, you want the value as a string. Quote the jQuery docs for `.data` (emphasis mine):
Every attempt is made to convert the string to a JavaScript value (this includes booleans, numbers, objects, arrays, and null) otherwise it is left as a string. To retrieve the value's attribute as a string without any attempt to convert it, use the attr() method.
Problem
I have a MySQL BIGINT that I am storing in HTML5 data. Then I'm trying to access that value and pass it through an AJAX call. ``` <div data-id="211285677671858177"> ``` And the JavaScript: ``` var send_data = { id: '' + $(this).data('id') } $.post('/send.php', send_data); ``` The issue is that the jQuery `data` function seems to retrieve that value as a floating point and not a string. So appending it to a blank string isn't helping because it's already too late - it's already been rounded (in this case to `211285677671858180`). What can I do to fix this?