Slice URL and get param values via JavaScript

Slice URL and get param values via JavaScript.js

//using String.split to split and assign Object

function splitCurrentURL(){
  //query given index.html?this=true&that=good;
  var url = location.href.split("?")[1]; // this=true&that=good;
  params = {}; //init param obj
  url = url.split("&"); // ['this=true','that=good']
  for(var i = 0; i<url.length; i++){

    var split_cache = url[i].split("="); // ['this','true'], ...
  	params[split_cache[0]] = split_cache[1]; // {this:true}, ...

  }
  return params; // {this:"true", that:"good"}
}

//alternative method using HTMLAnchorElement's basic API (https://gist.github.com/jlong/2428561)
function splitCurrentURL(){
  //query given index.html?this=true&that=good;
  var url = document.createElement('a');
  url.href = location.href; //assign current url into HTMLAnchorElement
  url = url.search.slice(1); //to cut "?" char
  params = {};
  url = url.split("&"); // ['this=true','that=good']
  for(var i = 0; i<url.length; i++){

    var split_cache = url[i].split("="); // ['this','true']
    params[split_cache[0]] = split_cache[1]; // {this:true}

  }
  return params;
}