function ptq(q){
	/* parse the query */
	var x = q.replace(/;/g, '&').split('&'), i, name, t;
	/* q changes from string version of query to object */
	for (q={}, i=0; i<x.length; i++)
	{
		t = x[i].split('=', 2);
		name = unescape(t[0]);
		
		if (!q[name])
			q[name] = [];
			
			if (t.length > 1)
			{
				q[name][q[name].length] = unescape(t[1]);
			}
		/* next two lines are nonstandard */
		else
			q[name][q[name].length] = true;
		}
	
	return q;
	
}
	
function param() {
	return ptq(location.search.substring(1).replace(/\+/g, ' '));
}