akaramires

var defaults = { validate: false, limit: 5, name: "foo" };
var options = { validate: true, name: "bar" };

var settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options);

// settings
// {validate: true, limit: 5, name: "bar"}

akaramires

function getUrlParameters(parameter, staticURL, decode){
   var currLocation = (staticURL.length)? staticURL : window.location.search,
       parArr = currLocation.split("?")[1].split("&"),
       returnBool = true;
   
   for(var i = 0; i < parArr.length; i++){
        parr = parArr[i].split("=");
        if(parr[0] == parameter){
            return (decode) ? decodeURIComponent(parr[1]) : parr[1];
            returnBool = true;