JS: Query string to object

queryToObject.js

/**
 * Converts a URL query string to a javascript object
 *
 * @author Adam Brewer - @adamcbrewer - adamcbrewer.com
 *
 *		Usage: "?test=true&something=false".queryToObj(?);
 *
 *		Output: {test: true, something: false}
 *
 */
String.prototype.queryToObj = function (strip) {

	strip = strip || '?';

	var string = this.replace(strip, ''),
		obj = {},	
		queryParams = string.split('&'),
		i = 0,
		l = queryParams.length;

		for (i; i < l; i++) {
			var params = queryParams[i].split('='),
			k = params[0],
			v = params[1];
			obj[k] = v;
		}
	return obj;
};