[jQuery] Passing Variables to BlockUI Plugin

[jQuery] Passing Variables to BlockUI Plugin


I am trying to pass a variable to the BlockUI plugin so that my modal
window will have that variable in the window. Right now I have
basically mimicked the code found at:
http://malsup.com/jquery/block/#dialog
But instead of clicking on a button to show the window, you click on a
link with a specific class. I have many links with this class, thus
many different ways to open the same modal window. What I would like
to do is pass the ID of the link to the modal window so I can then
pass that on to the PHP script that I am going to use for the AJAX
side.
Can anyone offer some advice? Thanks!
jm