Getting url parameters with javascript (no plugins needed)

javascriptUrlParams

function getParameterByName(name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
    var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
        results = regex.exec(location.search);
    return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}

//Taken from stackoverflow
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901115/how-can-i-get-query-string-values