//*** This code is copyright 2003 by Gavin Kistner, !@phrogz.net
//*** It is covered under the license viewable at http://phrogz.net/JS/_ReuseLicense.txt
//*** Reuse or modification is free provided you abide by the terms of that license.
//*** (Including the first two lines above in your source code satisfies the conditions.)

// Adds a new 'keyVals' property to the window.location object
// Note that this implementation is case-sensitive when retrieving by key
location.keyVals = location.search.substr(1).split('&');
for (var i=0,len=location.keyVals.length;i<len;i++){
	var pair = location.keyVals[i].split('=');
	location.keyVals[pair[0]]=unescape(pair[1]);
}


/**************************************************************************
* Example:
*
* Given a url like: 'http://server.com/mypage.html?foo=bar&userID=7'
* include the above code and then:
*  
* alert(location.keyVals.userID); //The string '7'
* alert(location.keyVals[0]);     //The string 'bar'
**************************************************************************/