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get query variable

use like this:

getQueryVariable("foo")

To get variables in urls eg:

http://foo.com/index.html?foo=bar

If you want to support arrays, check the version by @atk below:

function(a){
return RegExp("[&?]"+a+"=([^&]+)").exec(location)[1]
}
//searches the url (location)
//finds the text after a "&" or a "?" followed by the variable name, followed by a "="
//and before another "&"
function(a){return RegExp("[&?]"+a+"=([^&]+)").exec(location)[1]}
//If you want to support arrays (Thanks atk!)
function(a){for(var b=[],c,d=eval('/[&?]'+a+'(\\[])?=([^&]+)/g');c=d.exec(location);)b.push(c[2]);return b}
{
"name": "getQueryVariable",
"description": "Get variables in urls",
"keywords": [
"url",
"query",
"string",
"variable",
"get"
]
}
<script>
getQueryVariable = function(a){return RegExp("[&?]"+a+"=([^&]+)").exec(location)[1]}
document.write(getQueryVariable("foo"))
</script>
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What about supporting array values (e.g. x[]=1&x[]=2)?

@williammalo
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@FarSeeing
I'm sorry but I have no idea what you mean by that.

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@williammalo
The current version throws an error, if you try to search for array parameters:

// location = 'http://example.com?a=1&b[]=2&b[]=3'
getQueryVariable = function(a){return RegExp("[&?]"+a+"=([^&]+)").exec(location)[1]}
getQueryVariable( 'a' ); // "1", correct
getQueryVariable( 'b' ); // TypeError: RegExp("[&?]" + a + "=([^&]+)").exec(txt) is null
getQueryVariable( 'b[]' ); // TypeError: RegExp("[&?]" + a + "=([^&]+)").exec(txt) is null

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tsaniel commented May 21, 2012

A version which supports array:
function(a,b,c){with(eval('/[&?]'+a+'(\\[])?=([^&]+)/g'))for(b=[];c=exec(location);)b.push(c[2]);return b}

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atk commented May 21, 2012

Those TypeErrors can be caught with a (...||0)[1] construct as in my proposal.

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@tsaniel
If you can make a version without "with" I'll update my function. (I have withophobia)

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atk commented May 22, 2012

Only 1 char longer:
function(a){for(var b=[],c,d=eval('/[&?]'+a+'(\\[])?=([^&]+)/g');c=d.exec(location);)b.push(c[2]);return b}

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@atk
Great! it works perfectly! (I think...)
I'll put it in my gist!
Thanks!

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onhate commented Nov 20, 2013

If you have an anchor on url like param=value#anchor it returns the value like value#anchor, you just need to add one more byte to the code to works =D

function url(a){for(var b=[],c,d=eval('/[&?]'+a+'([])?=([^&^#]+)/g');c=d.exec(location);)b.push(c[2]);return b}

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