Getting values from location

Question

I need to get the search query from the search query of the address of the page.

What is the safest cross-browser, and most efficient method of getting the string. for example:

q=123&data=true&b=456
//from
http://www.example.com/?q=123&data=true&b=456

And is location.search available on all modern browsers (IE7+, FF, webkit, opera)?

Answer 1

Yes, location.search is the way to go.

Introduced in JS 1.0, supported by IE 3.0, Netscape 2, Opera 5.12, FF1.0, Konqueror 3.1 and Safari 1.0.

And I guess it is always supported in Chrome considering that the other browsers support it since ages.

Answer 2

Here's a canned answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/439463/how-to-get-get-and-post-variables-with-jquery/439578#439578