Pass part of URL to PHP to run script

[ultraloveninja]

I'm working on an interactive map and I am wondering if it's possible to pass part of a URL to a PHP script and have it look up information and then fetch it back to display within an iframe in a lightwindow?

 

The map is CSS based and each the link on each state within the href contains the state name (e.g. - #statename).

 

When a user clicks on the map, the #statename is appended to the URL.

 

I'm wondering that if it's possible to pass that part of the URL (#statename) to PHP and have it run the script from there?

 

Here's a link to the interactive map that I am working on. If you click on the state of Texas you'll see what I mean:

 

http://sjdunham.com/beta/maptest/

 

I'm not too familiar with AJAX and JS all very much. I can get my way around jQuery but I'm not sure if there will be any conflicts with using Shadowbox in there already or what.

[ultraloveninja]

Never mind, I figured out a soluion by using a GET from the URL to pass to script.