Reading Variables

[WebDude]

If I pass the value of a variable to a html page via

http://www.mydomain.com/index.html?variable=value,

how do I read that value with Javascript and make it available in a function?

[chrismiceli]

it has something to do with the built in javascript function split(), do a search on google.

[boywonder]

var qString = location.search.substring(1);
will put everything after the '?' into variable qString.

Use split or substring to break up that string and grab what you need.

[mordred]

Let's advertise beetle's function parseGetVars() that does the work of getting GET variables into your script. You find it here: http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4555

(alternatively, look at the link in my post at the mentioned thread above, it leads to similar, nearly undistinguishable solution :D)

[WebDude]

This group is great. Thanks for the help. The Beetle code is what I was looking for. Once I get the variable, I plan to pass it to a Flash movie with:

function PassFlash(){
window.document.movie.SetVariable("variable", "value");
}

Could someone tell me how to form this script so that I can pass the variable and value to my Flash movie?