function stripos(f_haystack, f_needle, f_offset )
{
 	var haystack = (f_haystack+'').toLowerCase();  
 	var needle = (f_needle+'').toLowerCase();  
 	var index = 0;  

	if ((index = haystack.indexOf(needle, f_offset)) !== -1) 
	{  
		return index;  
    }  
 	return false;  
}  

function strrpos( haystack, needle, offset)
{ 
    var i = (haystack+'').lastIndexOf( needle, offset ); // returns -1
    return i >= 0 ? i : false;
}

function str_replace(search, replace, subject) 
{
    var f = search, r = replace, s = subject;
    var ra = r instanceof Array, sa = s instanceof Array, f = [].concat(f), r = [].concat(r), i = (s = [].concat(s)).length;

    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 trim(str, charlist) 
{
    var whitespace, l = 0, i = 0;
    str += '';
     
    if (!charlist) {
        // default list
        whitespace = " \n\r\t\f\x0b\xa0\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u200b\u2028\u2029\u3000";
    } else {
        // preg_quote custom list
        charlist += '';
        whitespace = charlist.replace(/([\[\]\(\)\.\?\/\*\{\}\+\$\^\:])/g, '\$1');
    }
     
    l = str.length;
    for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
        if (whitespace.indexOf(str.charAt(i)) === -1) {
            str = str.substring(i);
            break;
        }
    }
     
    l = str.length;
    for (i = l - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        if (whitespace.indexOf(str.charAt(i)) === -1) {
            str = str.substring(0, i + 1);
            break;
        }
    }
     
    return whitespace.indexOf(str.charAt(0)) === -1 ? str : '';
}

function substr( f_string, f_start, f_length ) 
{
    f_string += '';
 
    if(f_start < 0) {
        f_start += f_string.length;
    }
 
    if(f_length == undefined) {
        f_length = f_string.length;
    } else if(f_length < 0){
        f_length += f_string.length;
    } else {
        f_length += f_start;
    }
 
    if(f_length < f_start) {
        f_length = f_start;
    }
 
    return f_string.substring(f_start, f_length);
}

function in_array(item,arr) 
{
	for(p=0;p<arr.length;p++)
	{
		if (item == arr[p]) return true;
	}
	return false;
}

function is_numeric( mixed_var ) 
{ 
    if (mixed_var === '') {
        return false;
    }
 
    return !isNaN(mixed_var * 1);
}

function urlencode( str ) 
{                             
    var histogram = {}, unicodeStr='', hexEscStr='';
    var ret = (str+'').toString();
    
    var replacer = function(search, replace, str) {
        var tmp_arr = [];
        tmp_arr = str.split(search);
        return tmp_arr.join(replace);
    };
    
    // The histogram is identical to the one in urldecode.
    histogram["'"]   = '%27';
    histogram['(']   = '%28';
    histogram[')']   = '%29';
    histogram['*']   = '%2A';
    histogram['~']   = '%7E';
    histogram['!']   = '%21';
    histogram['%20'] = '+';
    histogram['\u00DC'] = '%DC';
    histogram['\u00FC'] = '%FC';
    histogram['\u00C4'] = '%D4';
    histogram['\u00E4'] = '%E4';
    histogram['\u00D6'] = '%D6';
    histogram['\u00F6'] = '%F6';
    histogram['\u00DF'] = '%DF';
    histogram['\u20AC'] = '%80';
    histogram['\u0081'] = '%81';
    histogram['\u201A'] = '%82';
    histogram['\u0192'] = '%83';
    histogram['\u201E'] = '%84';
    histogram['\u2026'] = '%85';
    histogram['\u2020'] = '%86';
    histogram['\u2021'] = '%87';
    histogram['\u02C6'] = '%88';
    histogram['\u2030'] = '%89';
    histogram['\u0160'] = '%8A';
    histogram['\u2039'] = '%8B';
    histogram['\u0152'] = '%8C';
    histogram['\u008D'] = '%8D';
    histogram['\u017D'] = '%8E';
    histogram['\u008F'] = '%8F';
    histogram['\u0090'] = '%90';
    histogram['\u2018'] = '%91';
    histogram['\u2019'] = '%92';
    histogram['\u201C'] = '%93';
    histogram['\u201D'] = '%94';
    histogram['\u2022'] = '%95';
    histogram['\u2013'] = '%96';
    histogram['\u2014'] = '%97';
    histogram['\u02DC'] = '%98';
    histogram['\u2122'] = '%99';
    histogram['\u0161'] = '%9A';
    histogram['\u203A'] = '%9B';
    histogram['\u0153'] = '%9C';
    histogram['\u009D'] = '%9D';
    histogram['\u017E'] = '%9E';
    histogram['\u0178'] = '%9F';
    
    // Begin with encodeURIComponent, which most resembles PHP's encoding functions
    ret = encodeURIComponent(ret);
 
    for (unicodeStr in histogram) {
        hexEscStr = histogram[unicodeStr];
        ret = replacer(unicodeStr, hexEscStr, ret); // Custom replace. No regexing
    }
    
    // Uppercase for full PHP compatibility
    return ret.replace(/(\%([a-z0-9]{2}))/g, function(full, m1, m2) {
        return "%"+m2.toUpperCase();
    });
}

function urldecode( str ) 
{
    var histogram = {}, ret = str.toString(), unicodeStr='', hexEscStr='';
    
    var replacer = function(search, replace, str) {
        var tmp_arr = [];
        tmp_arr = str.split(search);
        return tmp_arr.join(replace);
    };
    
    // The histogram is identical to the one in urlencode.
    histogram["'"]   = '%27';
    histogram['(']   = '%28';
    histogram[')']   = '%29';
    histogram['*']   = '%2A';
    histogram['~']   = '%7E';
    histogram['!']   = '%21';
    histogram['%20'] = '+';
    histogram['\u00DC'] = '%DC';
    histogram['\u00FC'] = '%FC';
    histogram['\u00C4'] = '%D4';
    histogram['\u00E4'] = '%E4';
    histogram['\u00D6'] = '%D6';
    histogram['\u00F6'] = '%F6';
    histogram['\u00DF'] = '%DF'; 
    histogram['\u20AC'] = '%80';
    histogram['\u0081'] = '%81';
    histogram['\u201A'] = '%82';
    histogram['\u0192'] = '%83';
    histogram['\u201E'] = '%84';
    histogram['\u2026'] = '%85';
    histogram['\u2020'] = '%86';
    histogram['\u2021'] = '%87';
    histogram['\u02C6'] = '%88';
    histogram['\u2030'] = '%89';
    histogram['\u0160'] = '%8A';
    histogram['\u2039'] = '%8B';
    histogram['\u0152'] = '%8C';
    histogram['\u008D'] = '%8D';
    histogram['\u017D'] = '%8E';
    histogram['\u008F'] = '%8F';
    histogram['\u0090'] = '%90';
    histogram['\u2018'] = '%91';
    histogram['\u2019'] = '%92';
    histogram['\u201C'] = '%93';
    histogram['\u201D'] = '%94';
    histogram['\u2022'] = '%95';
    histogram['\u2013'] = '%96';
    histogram['\u2014'] = '%97';
    histogram['\u02DC'] = '%98';
    histogram['\u2122'] = '%99';
    histogram['\u0161'] = '%9A';
    histogram['\u203A'] = '%9B';
    histogram['\u0153'] = '%9C';
    histogram['\u009D'] = '%9D';
    histogram['\u017E'] = '%9E';
    histogram['\u0178'] = '%9F';
 
    for (unicodeStr in histogram) {
        hexEscStr = histogram[unicodeStr]; // Switch order when decoding
        ret = replacer(hexEscStr, unicodeStr, ret); // Custom replace. No regexing
    }
    
    // End with decodeURIComponent, which most resembles PHP's encoding functions
    ret = decodeURIComponent(ret);
 
    return ret;
}

function IsNumeric(strString)	
{
	var strValidChars = "0123456789.-";
	var strChar;
	var blnResult = true;
	
	if (strString.length == 0) return false;
	
	//  test strString consists of valid characters listed above
	for (i = 0; i < strString.length && blnResult == true; i++)
	  {
	  strChar = strString.charAt(i);
	  if (strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) == -1)
		 {
		 blnResult = false;
		 }
	  }
	return blnResult;
}