how to read header data with javascript

Question

How to read values from header url in javascript?

For example if I have something like:

www.something.com/details.html?test=something

I need to be able to read this data when I redirect to page details.html.

What would be a good approach for this? Maybe adding some php code to get data?

Is the javascript running on details.html? – Jacob Parker Mar 14 '13 at 19:34 — Jacob Parker, Mar 14 '13 at 19:34
What do you mean with header? The querystring? – Mark Mar 14 '13 at 19:34 — Mark, Mar 14 '13 at 19:34
@JacobParker yes Javascript is running on details.html – user123_456 Mar 14 '13 at 19:35 — user123_456, Mar 14 '13 at 19:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 19:35

Are you talking about getting the value from a get variable and using it in javascript? If so I've used something similar to this before:

<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunction(){
     var value = "<?php echo $_GET['test']; ?>"
}
</script>

And it's worked beautifully for me.

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