queryStringHandler toObject

description

Takes the passed URL, or the current browser URL and returns an object of query string parameters

requires

• nothing

parameters

• url - optional - if not passed, helper looks at browser URL

returns

• object of parameters, eg:

{
  param1: 'param1value',
  param2: 'param2value'
}

example usage:

var params = turnQueryStringToObject();

thanks to

http://stevenbenner.com/2010/03/javascript-regex-trick-parse-a-query-string-into-an-object/