jQM - Passing values from page to page

by bizamajig

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jeromeetienne.github.com/jquery-mobile-960/css/jquery-mobile-fluid960.css">
<script src="http://timeago.yarp.com/jquery.timeago.js"></script>
<script src="http://imakewebthings.github.com/jquery-waypoints/waypoints.min.js"></script>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>jQM Complex Demo</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, height=device-height, initial-scale=1.0"/>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.2.0/jquery.mobile-1.2.0.min.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.2.0/jquery.mobile-1.2.0.min.js"></script>    
</head>
<body>
    <div data-role="page" id="index">
        <div data-theme="a" data-role="header">
            <h3>
                First Page
            </h3>
        </div>

        <div data-role="content">
            <a href="#" data-role="button" id="change-page-button">Open next page to see a result</a>
        </div>

        <div data-theme="a" data-role="footer" data-position="fixed">

        </div>
    </div> 
    <div data-role="page" id="second">
        <div data-theme="a" data-role="header">
            <h3>
                Second Page
            </h3>
            <a href="#index" class="ui-btn-left">Back</a>
        </div>

        <div data-role="content">

        </div>

        <div data-theme="a" data-role="footer" data-position="fixed">

        </div>
    </div>    
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#index', function(){       
    $(document).on('click', '#change-page-button', function(){     
        // store some data
        storeObject.firstname = 'Dragan';
        storeObject.lastname = 'Gaic';
        //Change page
        $.mobile.changePage("#second");
    });    
});

$(document).on('pagebeforeshow', '#second', function(){     
    alert('My name is ' + storeObject.firstname + ' ' + storeObject.lastname);
});

// Store object
var storeObject = {
    firstname : '',
    lastname : ''
}