/**
 * method to test string for XSS
 * @name PXHLR.preventXSS
 * @type Function
 * @member PXHLR
 * @returns String that doesn't allow XSS Cross Site Scripting attack
 */
PXHLR.preventXSS = function (str) {
    var paramStr = str;
    paramStr = paramStr.replace(/[<>]/g, '').replace(/</g, "<").replace(/>/g, ">");
    paramStr = paramStr.replace(/[\"\'][\s]*javascript:(.*)[\"\']/gi, "\"\"");
    paramStr = paramStr.replace(/script(.*)/gi, "");
    paramStr = paramStr.replace(/eval\((.*)\)/gi, "");
    return paramStr;
};

/**
 * method to get url params
 * @name PXHLR.getParam
 * @type Function
 * @member PXHLR
 * @requires PXHLR.preventXSS
 * @returns String as the value of the requested URL parameter
 */
PXHLR.getParam = function(param) {
    var p = {
            vars : [],
            hashes : window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&'),
            i : 0
        };
    for(p.i; p.i < p.hashes.length; p.i++) {
        p.hash = p.hashes[p.i].split('=');
        p.vars.push(p.hash[0]);
        p.vars[p.hash[0]] = p.hash[1];
    }
    p.value = p.vars[param];
    if (!p.value) {
        return '';
    } else {
        return PXHLR.preventXSS(p.value);
    }
};

/* example use
// set logging on with url param
if (PXHLR.getParam('log') === '') {
    window.log = function() { return false; };
}
*/