Is there an C# equivalent to the PHP function `parse_str`?

Question

Is there an C# equivalent to the PHP function parse_str?

I couldn't find anything and wrote my own function but is there something in the C# framework?

public Dictionary<string, string> parse_str(string query) {

    Dictionary<string, string> data = new Dictionary<string, string>();

    foreach(string set in query.Trim('?').Split('&'))
        data.Add(set.Split('=')[0], set.Split('=').Length < 2 ? "" : set.Split('=')[1]);

    return data;
}​​​​​​

Answer 1

I think you are looking for HttpUtility.ParseQueryString()

Answer 2

If you're taking it from the browser's query string, you can use Request.QueryString

You can get a list of all the keys: Request.QueryString.Keys

Get a value of a key: Request.QueryString["KeyName"]