[jQuery] Re: pls pls pls.. help..

[Brunner Adam]

Hello!

Hi. does anyone know how to call a function from a url like
http://www.XYZ.com/page.html#FUNCTION

Here's what you can try (untested):

try {
    var functionNameFromHash = location.hash.replace('#', '');
    eval(functionNameFromHash + '()');
} catch(e) {
    // fail silently
}

I can't think of another way than using eval here, one of the rare cases. And I recommend using try/catch here, who knows whats in the URL's hash which isn't allowed in a function name.

And Welcone XSS! :)

I think this is not the best way.

I would do something like:

switch(location.hash) {
   case '#option1': //dosomething
       break;
   case '#option2': //dosomethingelse
       break;
   default:
}

So you can ignore user attacks.

Adam