Question

I am using the following to extract variables from the URL

$.urlParam = function(name){
var results = new RegExp('[\\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)').exec(window.location.href);
return results[1] || 0;
}

This works great with numbers, but, when I try it on a string it stops at the letter A

Ajax call below

$.ajax({
        url: apiURL,
        dataType: 'json',
        data: {page: page, user_name:$.urlParam('user')},
        success: onLoadData
    });

Example URL:

http://mypage.com/pages/gf_profile?user=DaveSmith&items=show

Firebug Inspector Shows (look at user_name variable)

GET http://mypage.com/wishAPIs/profileWLAllAPI.php?page=1&user_name=D 200 OK 253ms

Another Example URL:

http://mypage.com/pages/gf_profile?user=HelenMajor&items=show

Firebug Inspector Shows

GET http://mypage.com/wishAPIs/profileWLAllAPI.php?page=1&user_name=HelenM 200 OK 253ms

Example URL that is ok:

http://mypage.com/pages/gf_profile?user=MickBrown&items=show

Firebug Inspector Shows

GET http://mypage.com/wishAPIs/profileWLAllAPI.php?page=1&user_name=MickBrown 200 OK 202ms

This is very bizarre, any ideas?

Answer 1

Try changing the regex to

var results = new RegExp('[\\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)').exec(url);

Demo: Fiddle