function ltrim ( str, charlist ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: Erkekjetter
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: ltrim('    Kevin van Zonneveld    ');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld    '
 
    charlist = !charlist ? ' \\s\u00A0' : (charlist+'').replace(/([\[\]\(\)\.\?\/\*\{\}\+\$\^\:])/g, '$1');
    var re = new RegExp('^[' + charlist + ']+', 'g');
    return (str+'').replace(re, '');
}

function in_array(needle, haystack, argStrict) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: vlado houba
    // *     example 1: in_array('van', ['Kevin', 'van', 'Zonneveld']);
    // *     returns 1: true
    // *     example 2: in_array('vlado', {0: 'Kevin', vlado: 'van', 1: 'Zonneveld'});
    // *     returns 2: false
    // *     example 3: in_array(1, ['1', '2', '3']);
    // *     returns 3: true
    // *     example 3: in_array(1, ['1', '2', '3'], false);
    // *     returns 3: true
    // *     example 4: in_array(1, ['1', '2', '3'], true);
    // *     returns 4: false
 
    var key = '', strict = !!argStrict;
 
    if (strict) {
        for (key in haystack) {
            if (haystack[key] === needle) {
                return true;
            }
        }
    } else {
        for (key in haystack) {
            if (haystack[key] == needle) {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }
 
    return false;
}

function htmlspecialchars (string, quote_style) 
{
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Mirek Slugen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Nathan
    // +   bugfixed by: Arno
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", 'ENT_QUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '&lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;'
 
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

function count( mixed_var, mode ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: Waldo Malqui Silva
    // *     example 1: count([[0,0],[0,-4]], 'COUNT_RECURSIVE');
    // *     returns 1: 6
    // *     example 2: count({'one' : [1,2,3,4,5]}, 'COUNT_RECURSIVE');
    // *     returns 2: 6
 
    var key, cnt = 0;
 
    if( mode == 'COUNT_RECURSIVE' ) mode = 1;
    if( mode != 1 ) mode = 0;
 
    for (key in mixed_var){
        cnt++;
        if( mode==1 && mixed_var[key] && (mixed_var[key].constructor === Array || mixed_var[key].constructor === Object) ){
            cnt += count(mixed_var[key], 1);
        }
    }
 
    return cnt;
}

function utf8_encode ( string ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Webtoolkit.info (http://www.webtoolkit.info/)
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: sowberry
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Yves Sucaet
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: utf8_encode('Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'
 
    string = (string+'').replace(/\r\n/g, "\n").replace(/\r/g, "\n");
 
    var utftext = "";
    var start, end;
    var stringl = 0;
 
    start = end = 0;
    stringl = string.length;
    for (var n = 0; n < stringl; n++) {
        var c1 = string.charCodeAt(n);
        var enc = null;
 
        if (c1 < 128) {
            end++;
        } else if((c1 > 127) && (c1 < 2048)) {
            enc = String.fromCharCode((c1 >> 6) | 192) + String.fromCharCode((c1 & 63) | 128);
        } else {
            enc = String.fromCharCode((c1 >> 12) | 224) + String.fromCharCode(((c1 >> 6) & 63) | 128) + String.fromCharCode((c1 & 63) | 128);
        }
        if (enc != null) {
            if (end > start) {
                utftext += string.substring(start, end);
            }
            utftext += enc;
            start = end = n+1;
        }
    }
 
    if (end > start) {
        utftext += string.substring(start, string.length);
    }
 
    return utftext;
}

function utf8_decode ( str_data ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Webtoolkit.info (http://www.webtoolkit.info/)
    // +      input by: Aman Gupta
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Norman "zEh" Fuchs
    // +   bugfixed by: hitwork
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brettz9.blogspot.com)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // *     example 1: utf8_decode('Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'
 
    var tmp_arr = [], i = 0, ac = 0, c1 = 0, c2 = 0, c3 = 0;
    
    str_data += '';
    
    while ( i < str_data.length ) {
        c1 = str_data.charCodeAt(i);
        if (c1 < 128) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(c1);
            i++;
        } else if ((c1 > 191) && (c1 < 224)) {
            c2 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+1);
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(((c1 & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
            i += 2;
        } else {
            c2 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+1);
            c3 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+2);
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(((c1 & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
            i += 3;
        }
    }
 
    return tmp_arr.join('');
}

function base64_encode( data ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Tyler Akins (http://rumkin.com)
    // +   improved by: Bayron Guevara
    // +   improved by: Thunder.m
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Pellentesque Malesuada
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: utf8_encode
    // *     example 1: base64_encode('Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'S2V2aW4gdmFuIFpvbm5ldmVsZA=='
 
    // mozilla has this native
    // - but breaks in 2.0.0.12!
    //if (typeof window['atob'] == 'function') {
    //    return atob(data);
    //}
        
    var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
    var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = 0, ac = 0, enc="", tmp_arr = [];
 
    if (!data) {
        return data;
    }
 
    data = utf8_encode(data+'');
    
    do { // pack three octets into four hexets
        o1 = data.charCodeAt(i++);
        o2 = data.charCodeAt(i++);
        o3 = data.charCodeAt(i++);
 
        bits = o1<<16 | o2<<8 | o3;
 
        h1 = bits>>18 & 0x3f;
        h2 = bits>>12 & 0x3f;
        h3 = bits>>6 & 0x3f;
        h4 = bits & 0x3f;
 
        // use hexets to index into b64, and append result to encoded string
        tmp_arr[ac++] = b64.charAt(h1) + b64.charAt(h2) + b64.charAt(h3) + b64.charAt(h4);
    } while (i < data.length);
    
    enc = tmp_arr.join('');
    
    switch( data.length % 3 ){
        case 1:
            enc = enc.slice(0, -2) + '==';
        break;
        case 2:
            enc = enc.slice(0, -1) + '=';
        break;
    }
 
    return enc;
}

function base64_decode( data ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Tyler Akins (http://rumkin.com)
    // +   improved by: Thunder.m
    // +      input by: Aman Gupta
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   bugfixed by: Pellentesque Malesuada
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brettz9.blogspot.com)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: utf8_decode
    // *     example 1: base64_decode('S2V2aW4gdmFuIFpvbm5ldmVsZA==');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'
 
    // mozilla has this native
    // - but breaks in 2.0.0.12!
    //if (typeof window['btoa'] == 'function') {
    //    return btoa(data);
    //}
 
    var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
    var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = 0, ac = 0, dec = "", tmp_arr = [];
 
    if (!data) {
        return data;
    }
 
    data += '';
 
    do {  // unpack four hexets into three octets using index points in b64
        h1 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h2 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h3 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h4 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
 
        bits = h1<<18 | h2<<12 | h3<<6 | h4;
 
        o1 = bits>>16 & 0xff;
        o2 = bits>>8 & 0xff;
        o3 = bits & 0xff;
 
        if (h3 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1);
        } else if (h4 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2);
        } else {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2, o3);
        }
    } while (i < data.length);
 
    dec = tmp_arr.join('');
    
    //alert('dec\n\ndl = ' + dec.length  + "\n\n" + dec); 
    //dec = utf8_decode(dec);
    //alert('dec po utf-8 decode\n\ndl = ' + dec.length  + "\n\n" + dec);
 
    return dec;
}

function explode( delimiter, string, limit ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +     original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +     improved by: kenneth
    // +     improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +     improved by: d3x
    // +     bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // *     example 1: explode(' ', 'Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: {0: 'Kevin', 1: 'van', 2: 'Zonneveld'}
    // *     example 2: explode('=', 'a=bc=d', 2);
    // *     returns 2: ['a', 'bc=d']
 
    var emptyArray = { 0: '' };
    
    // third argument is not required
    if ( arguments.length < 2 ||
        typeof arguments[0] == 'undefined' ||
        typeof arguments[1] == 'undefined' )
    {
        return null;
    }
 
    if ( delimiter === '' ||
        delimiter === false ||
        delimiter === null )
    {
        return false;
    }
 
    if ( typeof delimiter == 'function' ||
        typeof delimiter == 'object' ||
        typeof string == 'function' ||
        typeof string == 'object' )
    {
        return emptyArray;
    }
 
    if ( delimiter === true ) {
        delimiter = '1';
    }
    
    if (!limit) {
        return string.toString().split(delimiter.toString());
    } else {
        // support for limit argument
        var splitted = string.toString().split(delimiter.toString());
        var partA = splitted.splice(0, limit - 1);
        var partB = splitted.join(delimiter.toString());
        partA.push(partB);
        return partA;
    }
}

function str_replace(search, replace, subject) 
{
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Gabriel Paderni
    // +   improved by: Philip Peterson
    // +   improved by: Simon Willison (http://simonwillison.net)
    // +    revised by: Jonas Raoni Soares Silva (http://www.jsfromhell.com)
    // +   bugfixed by: Anton Ongson
    // +      input by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    tweaked by: Onno Marsman
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brettz9.blogspot.com)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // *     example 1: str_replace(' ', '.', 'Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin.van.Zonneveld'
    // *     example 2: str_replace(['{name}', 'l'], ['hello', 'm'], '{name}, lars');
    // *     returns 2: 'hemmo, mars'
 
    var s = subject;
    var ra = r instanceof Array, sa = s instanceof Array;
    var f = [].concat(search);
    var r = [].concat(replace);
    var i = (s = [].concat(s)).length;
    var j = 0;
    
    while (j = 0, i--) {
        if (s[i]) {
            while (s[i] = (s[i]+'').split(f[j]).join(ra ? r[j] || "" : r[0]), ++j in f){};
        }
    }
 
    return sa ? s : s[0];
}

function addslashes( str ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Ates Goral (http://magnetiq.com)
    // +   improved by: marrtins
    // +   improved by: Nate
    // +   improved by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: addslashes("kevin's birthday");
    // *     returns 1: 'kevin\'s birthday'
 
    return (str+'').replace(/([\\"'])/g, "\\$1").replace(/\0/g, "\\0");
}

function get_html_translation_table(table, quote_style) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: noname
    // +   bugfixed by: Alex
    // +   bugfixed by: Marco
    // +   bugfixed by: madipta
    // %          note: It has been decided that we're not going to add global
    // %          note: dependencies to php.js. Meaning the constants are not
    // %          note: real constants, but strings instead. integers are also supported if someone
    // %          note: chooses to create the constants themselves.
    // %          note: Table from http://www.the-art-of-web.com/html/character-codes/
    // *     example 1: get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    // *     returns 1: {'"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;'}
    
    var entities = {}, histogram = {}, decimal = 0, symbol = '';
    var constMappingTable = {}, constMappingQuoteStyle = {};
    var useTable = {}, useQuoteStyle = {};
    
    useTable      = (table ? table.toUpperCase() : 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    useQuoteStyle = (quote_style ? quote_style.toUpperCase() : 'ENT_COMPAT');
    
    // Translate arguments
    constMappingTable[0]      = 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS';
    constMappingTable[1]      = 'HTML_ENTITIES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[0] = 'ENT_NOQUOTES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[2] = 'ENT_COMPAT';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[3] = 'ENT_QUOTES';
    
    // Map numbers to strings for compatibilty with PHP constants
    if (!isNaN(useTable)) {
        useTable = constMappingTable[useTable];
    }
    if (!isNaN(useQuoteStyle)) {
        useQuoteStyle = constMappingQuoteStyle[useQuoteStyle];
    }
 
    if (useTable == 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS') {
        // ascii decimals for better compatibility
        entities['38'] = '&amp;';
        if (useQuoteStyle != 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
            entities['34'] = '&quot;';
        }
        if (useQuoteStyle == 'ENT_QUOTES') {
            entities['39'] = '&#039;';
        }
        entities['60'] = '&lt;';
        entities['62'] = '&gt;';
    } else if (useTable == 'HTML_ENTITIES') {
        // ascii decimals for better compatibility
      entities['38']  = '&amp;';
        if (useQuoteStyle != 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
            entities['34'] = '&quot;';
        }
        if (useQuoteStyle == 'ENT_QUOTES') {
            entities['39'] = '&#039;';
        }
      entities['60']  = '&lt;';
      entities['62']  = '&gt;';
      entities['160'] = '&nbsp;';
      entities['161'] = '&iexcl;';
      entities['162'] = '&cent;';
      entities['163'] = '&pound;';
      entities['164'] = '&curren;';
      entities['165'] = '&yen;';
      entities['166'] = '&brvbar;';
      entities['167'] = '&sect;';
      entities['168'] = '&uml;';
      entities['169'] = '&copy;';
      entities['170'] = '&ordf;';
      entities['171'] = '&laquo;';
      entities['172'] = '&not;';
      entities['173'] = '&shy;';
      entities['174'] = '&reg;';
      entities['175'] = '&macr;';
      entities['176'] = '&deg;';
      entities['177'] = '&plusmn;';
      entities['178'] = '&sup2;';
      entities['179'] = '&sup3;';
      entities['180'] = '&acute;';
      entities['181'] = '&micro;';
      entities['182'] = '&para;';
      entities['183'] = '&middot;';
      entities['184'] = '&cedil;';
      entities['185'] = '&sup1;';
      entities['186'] = '&ordm;';
      entities['187'] = '&raquo;';
      entities['188'] = '&frac14;';
      entities['189'] = '&frac12;';
      entities['190'] = '&frac34;';
      entities['191'] = '&iquest;';
      entities['192'] = '&Agrave;';
      entities['193'] = '&Aacute;';
      entities['194'] = '&Acirc;';
      entities['195'] = '&Atilde;';
      entities['196'] = '&Auml;';
      entities['197'] = '&Aring;';
      entities['198'] = '&AElig;';
      entities['199'] = '&Ccedil;';
      entities['200'] = '&Egrave;';
      entities['201'] = '&Eacute;';
      entities['202'] = '&Ecirc;';
      entities['203'] = '&Euml;';
      entities['204'] = '&Igrave;';
      entities['205'] = '&Iacute;';
      entities['206'] = '&Icirc;';
      entities['207'] = '&Iuml;';
      entities['208'] = '&ETH;';
      entities['209'] = '&Ntilde;';
      entities['210'] = '&Ograve;';
      entities['211'] = '&Oacute;';
      entities['212'] = '&Ocirc;';
      entities['213'] = '&Otilde;';
      entities['214'] = '&Ouml;';
      entities['215'] = '&times;';
      entities['216'] = '&Oslash;';
      entities['217'] = '&Ugrave;';
      entities['218'] = '&Uacute;';
      entities['219'] = '&Ucirc;';
      entities['220'] = '&Uuml;';
      entities['221'] = '&Yacute;';
      entities['222'] = '&THORN;';
      entities['223'] = '&szlig;';
      entities['224'] = '&agrave;';
      entities['225'] = '&aacute;';
      entities['226'] = '&acirc;';
      entities['227'] = '&atilde;';
      entities['228'] = '&auml;';
      entities['229'] = '&aring;';
      entities['230'] = '&aelig;';
      entities['231'] = '&ccedil;';
      entities['232'] = '&egrave;';
      entities['233'] = '&eacute;';
      entities['234'] = '&ecirc;';
      entities['235'] = '&euml;';
      entities['236'] = '&igrave;';
      entities['237'] = '&iacute;';
      entities['238'] = '&icirc;';
      entities['239'] = '&iuml;';
      entities['240'] = '&eth;';
      entities['241'] = '&ntilde;';
      entities['242'] = '&ograve;';
      entities['243'] = '&oacute;';
      entities['244'] = '&ocirc;';
      entities['245'] = '&otilde;';
      entities['246'] = '&ouml;';
      entities['247'] = '&divide;';
      entities['248'] = '&oslash;';
      entities['249'] = '&ugrave;';
      entities['250'] = '&uacute;';
      entities['251'] = '&ucirc;';
      entities['252'] = '&uuml;';
      entities['253'] = '&yacute;';
      entities['254'] = '&thorn;';
      entities['255'] = '&yuml;';
    } else {
        throw Error("Table: "+useTable+' not supported');
        return false;
    }
    
    // ascii decimals to real symbols
    for (decimal in entities) {
        symbol = String.fromCharCode(decimal);
        histogram[symbol] = entities[decimal];
    }
    
    return histogram;
}

function serialize( mixed_value ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Arpad Ray (mailto:arpad@php.net)
    // +   improved by: Dino
    // +   bugfixed by: Andrej Pavlovic
    // +   bugfixed by: Garagoth
    // %          note: We feel the main purpose of this function should be to ease the transport of data between php & js
    // %          note: Aiming for PHP-compatibility, we have to translate objects to arrays
    // *     example 1: serialize(['Kevin', 'van', 'Zonneveld']);
    // *     returns 1: 'a:3:{i:0;s:5:"Kevin";i:1;s:3:"van";i:2;s:9:"Zonneveld";}'
    // *     example 2: serialize({firstName: 'Kevin', midName: 'van', surName: 'Zonneveld'});
    // *     returns 2: 'a:3:{s:9:"firstName";s:5:"Kevin";s:7:"midName";s:3:"van";s:7:"surName";s:9:"Zonneveld";}'
 
    var _getType = function( inp ) {
        var type = typeof inp, match;
        var key;
        if (type == 'object' && !inp) {
            return 'null';
        }
        if (type == "object") {
            if (!inp.constructor) {
                return 'object';
            }
            var cons = inp.constructor.toString();
            if (match = cons.match(/(\w+)\(/)) {
                cons = match[1].toLowerCase();
            }
            var types = ["boolean", "number", "string", "array"];
            for (key in types) {
                if (cons == types[key]) {
                    type = types[key];
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return type;
    };
    var type = _getType(mixed_value);
    var val, ktype = '';
    
    switch (type) {
        case "function": 
            val = ""; 
            break;
        case "undefined":
            val = "N";
            break;
        case "boolean":
            val = "b:" + (mixed_value ? "1" : "0");
            break;
        case "number":
            val = (Math.round(mixed_value) == mixed_value ? "i" : "d") + ":" + mixed_value;
            break;
        case "string":
            val = "s:" + mixed_value.length + ":\"" + mixed_value + "\"";
            break;
        case "array":
        case "object":
            val = "a";
            /*
            if (type == "object") {
                var objname = mixed_value.constructor.toString().match(/(\w+)\(\)/);
                if (objname == undefined) {
                    return;
                }
                objname[1] = serialize(objname[1]);
                val = "O" + objname[1].substring(1, objname[1].length - 1);
            }
            */
            var count = 0;
            var vals = "";
            var okey;
            var key;
            for (key in mixed_value) {
                ktype = _getType(mixed_value[key]);
                if (ktype == "function") { 
                    continue; 
                }
                
                okey = (key.match(/^[0-9]+$/) ? parseInt(key) : key);
                vals += serialize(okey) +
                        serialize(mixed_value[key]);
                count++;
            }
            val += ":" + count + ":{" + vals + "}";
            break;
    }
    if (type != "object" && type != "array") val += ";";
    return val;
}

function unserialize(data){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +     original by: Arpad Ray (mailto:arpad@php.net)
    // +     improved by: Pedro Tainha (http://www.pedrotainha.com)
    // +     bugfixed by: dptr1988
    // +      revised by: d3x
    // +     improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // %            note: We feel the main purpose of this function should be to ease the transport of data between php & js
    // %            note: Aiming for PHP-compatibility, we have to translate objects to arrays 
    // *       example 1: unserialize('a:3:{i:0;s:5:"Kevin";i:1;s:3:"van";i:2;s:9:"Zonneveld";}');
    // *       returns 1: ['Kevin', 'van', 'Zonneveld']
    // *       example 2: unserialize('a:3:{s:9:"firstName";s:5:"Kevin";s:7:"midName";s:3:"van";s:7:"surName";s:9:"Zonneveld";}');
    // *       returns 2: {firstName: 'Kevin', midName: 'van', surName: 'Zonneveld'}
    
    var error = function (type, msg, filename, line){throw new window[type](msg, filename, line);};
    var read_until = function (data, offset, stopchr){
        var buf = [];
        var chr = data.slice(offset, offset + 1);
        var i = 2;
        while (chr != stopchr) {
            if ((i+offset) > data.length) {
                error('Error', 'Invalid');
            }
            buf.push(chr);
            chr = data.slice(offset + (i - 1),offset + i);
            i += 1;
        }
        return [buf.length, buf.join('')];
    };
    var read_chrs = function (data, offset, length){
        var buf;
        
        buf = [];
        for(var i = 0;i < length;i++){
            var chr = data.slice(offset + (i - 1),offset + i);
            buf.push(chr);
        }
        return [buf.length, buf.join('')];
    };
    var _unserialize = function (data, offset){
        var readdata;
        var readData;
        var chrs = 0;
        var ccount;
        var stringlength;
        var keyandchrs;
        var keys;
 
        if(!offset) offset = 0;
        var dtype = (data.slice(offset, offset + 1)).toLowerCase();
        
        var dataoffset = offset + 2;
        var typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return x');
        
        switch(dtype){
            case "i":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return parseInt(x)');
                readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                chrs = readData[0];
                readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "b":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return (parseInt(x) == 1)');
                readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                chrs = readData[0];
                readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "d":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return parseFloat(x)');
                readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                chrs = readData[0];
                readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "n":
                readdata = null;
            break;
            case "s":
                ccount = read_until(data, dataoffset, ':');
                chrs = ccount[0];
                stringlength = ccount[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 2;
                
                readData = read_chrs(data, dataoffset+1, parseInt(stringlength));
                chrs = readData[0];
                readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 2;
                if(chrs != parseInt(stringlength) && chrs != readdata.length){
                    error('SyntaxError', 'String length mismatch');
                }
            break;
            case "a":
                readdata = {};
                
                keyandchrs = read_until(data, dataoffset, ':');
                chrs = keyandchrs[0];
                keys = keyandchrs[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 2;
                
                for(var i = 0;i < parseInt(keys);i++){
                    var kprops = _unserialize(data, dataoffset);
                    var kchrs = kprops[1];
                    var key = kprops[2];
                    dataoffset += kchrs;
                    
                    var vprops = _unserialize(data, dataoffset);
                    var vchrs = vprops[1];
                    var value = vprops[2];
                    dataoffset += vchrs;
                    
                    readdata[key] = value;
                }
                
                dataoffset += 1;
            break;
            default:
                error('SyntaxError', 'Unknown / Unhandled data type(s): ' + dtype);
            break;
        }
        return [dtype, dataoffset - offset, typeconvert(readdata)];
    };
    return _unserialize(data, 0)[2];
}

function stripslashes( str ) 
{
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Ates Goral (http://magnetiq.com)
    // +      fixed by: Mick@el
    // +   improved by: marrtins
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: rezna
    // *     example 1: stripslashes('Kevin\'s code');
    // *     returns 1: "Kevin's code"
    // *     example 2: stripslashes('Kevin\\\'s code');
    // *     returns 2: "Kevin\'s code"
 
    return (str+'').replace(/\0/g, '0').replace(/\\([\\'"])/g, '$1');
}

function htmlspecialchars_decode(string, quote_style) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Mirek Slugen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Mateusz "loonquawl" Zalega
    // +      input by: ReverseSyntax
    // +      input by: Slawomir Kaniecki
    // +      input by: Scott Cariss
    // +      input by: Francois
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars_decode("<p>this -&gt; &quot;</p>", 'ENT_NOQUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '<p>this -> &quot;</p>'
 
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
 
    // &amp; must be the last character when decoding!
    delete(histogram['&']);
    histogram['&'] = '&amp;';
 
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(entity).join(symbol);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}