$_GET but with javascript from a hash url

[shortysbest]

If i have a url that looks like:

 

index.php?node=home#schedule&class=history

 

would there be a way for me to get only the part after the &.

 

for example in php i could use:

 

$_GET['class']

 

and that would be  "history"

 

I'm trying to do the same thing but in javascript with a hash.

 

 

[Alex]

You can use this:

window.location.hash

To get the hash, then from that you can create an associative array.

[Adam]

I imagine you don't want the hash value to be "schedule&class=history" though..? If you want 'node' to equal "home#schedule" you'll need to encode the hash:

 

index.php?node=home%23schedule&class=history

 

Now you're able to return the query string as you expect it with window.location.search. This post contains an example of how you can return a specific parameter from that.

[shortysbest]

I imagine you don't want the hash value to be "schedule&class=history" though..? If you want 'node' to equal "home#schedule" you'll need to encode the hash:

 

index.php?node=home%23schedule&class=history

 

Now you're able to return the query string as you expect it with window.location.search. This post contains an example of how you can return a specific parameter from that.

 

 

Correct, I just want the value "history" such as if i could use php and use $_GET['class'] would return it.

 

I'm building a large website using hash url quite a bit to cut back on header requests as it will be used in every classroom 6 times a day in large schools for grading, attendance, etc.

[Adam]

Oh right, sounds like you don't want to encode the hash then. You should be able to just use the example in the other post, but replace .search for .hash.