Grabbing hash link from url

Question

I have url as: /#profile/7 how to make it grab that last number from there? I'm looking for creating an mysql connection from that, SELECT something FROM somewhere WHERE id=':profile' Also, is it safe this way, is it even possible to make a connection? This is what I've got.

<script>
      var hash = window.location.hash.substring(6);
      alert (hash);
</script>

The hash is not sent to the server by default. see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/317760/how-to-get-url-hash-from-server-side — Gaël Barbin, Mar 14 '13 at 13:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 13:39

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You can use a regex:

var hash = window.location.hash.match(/\/(\d)/)[1]

answered Mar 14 '13 at 13:39

Jeff Shaver

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 13:35

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Try with split() instead of substring:

var parts = window.location.hash.split('/');
var id = parts[parts.length - 1];

answered Mar 14 '13 at 13:35

techfoobar

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But can you answer one more question? Is it safe, using this kind of method? – user2128056 Mar 14 '13 at 15:13
Yes, this is safer than the substring method as this does not impose any restrictions on the length of what comes before the id in the hash. – techfoobar Mar 14 '13 at 15:21

Grabbing hash link from url

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