CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This function accepts a URL query string argument and returns it as a structure.

Return Values:
A struct of query string name/value pairs

Example:

<cfdump var="#convertQueryStringToStruct(querystring=cgi.query_string)#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Converts a URL query string to a struct
 v1.0 by Chris Weller
 v1.1 by Adam Cameron (removing redundant intermediary variables)
 
 @param querystring      Query string to convert (Required)
 @return A struct of query string name/value pairs 
 @author Chris Weller (wellercs@gmail.com) 
 @version 1, December 27, 2013 
--->
<cffunction name="convertQueryStringToStruct" access="public" returntype="struct" output="false" hint="I accept a URL query string and return it as a structure.">
    <cfargument name="querystring" type="string" required="true" hint="I am the query string for which to parse.">

    <cfreturn createObject('java', 'coldfusion.util.HTMLTools').parseQueryString(arguments.querystring)>
</cffunction>