Parsing Query String - http://stackoverflow.com/a/979995/907388

queryParams-string.js

// http://stackoverflow.com/a/979995/907388
// not as fast as doing a regex though - http://jsperf.com/query-parameter-parsing
// https://gist.github.com/pbojinov/ee5a9bb7df7986a6e985

var QueryString = function () {
  // This function is anonymous, is executed immediately and 
  // the return value is assigned to QueryString!
  var query_string = {};
  var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
  var vars = query.split("&");
  for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
    var pair = vars[i].split("=");
    	// If first entry with this name
    if (typeof query_string[pair[0]] === "undefined") {
      query_string[pair[0]] = pair[1];
    	// If second entry with this name
    } else if (typeof query_string[pair[0]] === "string") {
      var arr = [ query_string[pair[0]], pair[1] ];
      query_string[pair[0]] = arr;
    	// If third or later entry with this name
    } else {
      query_string[pair[0]].push(pair[1]);
    }
  } 
    return query_string;
} ();