JAVASCRIPT

urlencode javascript

var url = encodeURIComponent('url');

js urlencode

/* There are 11 characters which are not encoded by encodeURI, 
but encoded by encodeURIComponent. */

encodeURI("test uri"); 
// "test%20uri"
encodeURI("test uri"); 
// "test%20uri"

encodeURI("test uri/with a slash"); 
// "test%20uri/with%20a%20slash"
encodeURIComponent("test uri/with a slash"); 
// "test%20uri%2Fwith%20a%20slash"

Encode URL in JavaScript?

Check out the built-in function encodeURIComponent(str) and encodeURI(str).
In your case, this should work:

var myOtherUrl = 
       "http://example.com/index.html?url=" + encodeURIComponent(myUrl);

js encode url

encodeURIComponent('')