Convert 'name=true&test=hello' into an object. Taken from http://stevenbenner.com/2010/03/javascript-regex-trick-parse-a-query-string-into-an-object/

deparam.js

function deparam(str) {
  var o = {};
  var reg = /\\?([^?=&]+)(=([^&#]*))?/g;

  str.replace(reg, function($0, $1, $2, $3) {
    if (typeof $3 == 'string') {
      o[decodeURIComponent($1)] = decodeURIComponent($3);
    }
  });

  return o;
}

// Use
deparam('name=simon')

// Returns
{
    name: 'simon'
}