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Get URL Variables

Published in: JavaScript

Read a page's GET URL variables and return them as an associative array.

Example for URL http://www.example.com/index.html?hello=bonjour&goodevening=bonsoir

var hash = getUrlVars(); alert(hash['hello']); // prints 'bonjour' alert(hash['goodevening']); // prints 'bonsoir'

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// Read a page's GET URL variables and return them as an associative array.
function getUrlVars()
{
    var vars = [], hash;
    var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
 
    for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)
    {
        hash = hashes[i].split('=');
        vars.push(hash[0]);
        vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
    }
 
    return vars;
}