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jQuery.parseParams - parse query string paramaters into an object
/**
* $.parseParams - parse query string paramaters into an object.
*/
(function($) {
var re = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g;
var decodeRE = /\+/g; // Regex for replacing addition symbol with a space
var decode = function (str) {return decodeURIComponent( str.replace(decodeRE, " ") );};
$.parseParams = function(query) {
var params = {}, e;
while ( e = re.exec(query) ) {
var k = decode( e[1] ), v = decode( e[2] );
if (k.substring(k.length - 2) === '[]') {
k = k.substring(0, k.length - 2);
(params[k] || (params[k] = [])).push(v);
}
else params[k] = v;
}
return params;
};
})(jQuery);
@sokool
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sokool commented Jan 22, 2015

@DimitryPHP have you solved that?

@kapoormanish
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Thanks Kares, it helps.

@scottwalters
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Using this to fake up a $.serializeObject() for want of one. There are serializeObject() implements, but the first code example here is small and easily pasted in-line.

        $('#create_account_form').on('submit', function(event) {
            event.preventDefault();
            $.ajax({
                'url': '/account/create',
                'method':'post',
                'data': $.parseParams( $('#create_account_form').serialize() ),

Thanks!

@geoidesic
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Yeah, the upgraded version doesn't work for me at all. Firstly it requires a leading "?" and I just get data[Nan]: "1". The original was better.

@bymaximus
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Solved data[NaN] problem, change line 51 from

params[key][parseInt(index)] = value;

To

params[key][index] = value;

@olaferlandsen
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dont work with more complex url, example:

https://gist.github.com/kares/956897?var[1]=0&var[2]=9&var[3][d]=f

Returns:

{
    "var" : {
         0 : "0" ,
         1 : "9",
         3 : "f"
    }
 }

Please check this function:

https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/strings/parse_str.js

@yairEO
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yairEO commented Oct 24, 2016

There is a larger debate going on here - http://stackoverflow.com/q/1131630/104380

@Tusko
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Tusko commented Feb 5, 2018

one line deParams :)

function deParams(str) {
    return (str || document.location.search).replace(/(^\?)/,'').split("&").map(function(n){return n = n.split("="),this[n[0]] = n[1],this}.bind({}))[0];
}

@CarabineSK
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PHPstorm inspection says this part is not quite ideal:
while ( e = re.exec(query) ) {
instead, it is better to use this:
while ((e = re.exec(query)) !== null) {

Same example in mozilla developer page: RegExp.prototype.exec()

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