in javascript:

var jsondata = JSON.stringify({"ipSTID": $('#tab3-grid').jqGrid('getCell', row_id, 'wo.STID'),
                                          "ipSVID": $('#tab3-grid').jqGrid('getCell', row_id, 'wv.SVID')

                                       });

.

editoptions:{dataUrl:'php/items-se-script.php?data='+jsondata, defaultValue:'26'},

.

in php:

$ip = json_decode($_REQUEST['data'], true); // json_decode function must have "true" parameter for result to be associative array.

.

$sql .= ' WHERE ip.STID = '.$ip['ipSTID'].' AND ip.SVID = '.$ip['ipSVID'].'';

I want to pass multiple data to a php script, does this work…

editoptions:{dataUrl:'php/items-se-script.php?ip.STID='+STID+'ip.SVID='+SVID, defaultValue:'26'},

or will have to make a json string like….

data = '{"ip.STID":'+STID+', "ip.SVID":'+SVID+'}';

editoptions:{dataUrl:'php/items-se-script.php?data='+data, defaultValue:'26'},

thanks