function friendly(textValue){
		var url = textValue
  	.toLowerCase() // change everything to lowercase
  	.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "") // trim leading and trailing spaces		
  	.replace(/[_|\s]+/g, "-") // change all spaces and underscores to a hyphen
  	.replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/g, "") // remove all non-alphanumeric characters except the hyphen
  	.replace(/[-]+/g, "_") // replace multiple instances of the hyphen with a single instance
  	.replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "") // trim leading and trailing hyphens				
  	; 
		
		return url;
}

function friendlyShort(textValue){
		var url = textValue
  	.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "") // trim leading and trailing spaces		
  	.replace(/[_|\s]+/g, "*") // change all spaces and underscores to a hyphen
  	.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-*]+/g, "") // remove all non-alphanumeric characters except the hyphen
  	.replace(/[*]+/g, "_") // replace multiple instances of the hyphen with a single instance
  	.replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "") // trim leading and trailing hyphens				
  	; 
		
		return url;
}

function clearForm(formID) {
	form = $('#'+formID);
	// iterate over all of the inputs for the form
  // element that was passed in
  $(':input', form).each(function() {
	  var type = this.type;
	  var tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase(); // normalize case
	  // it's ok to reset the value attr of text inputs,
	  // password inputs, and textareas
	  if (type == 'text' || type == 'password' || tag == 'textarea')
	  	this.value = "";
	  	// checkboxes and radios need to have their checked state cleared
	  	// but should *not* have their 'value' changed
	  else if (type == 'checkbox' || type == 'radio')
	  	this.checked = false;
	  	// select elements need to have their 'selectedIndex' property set to -1
	  	// (this works for both single and multiple select elements)
	  else if (tag == 'select')
	  	this.selectedIndex = -1;
  });
};

function dump(arr,level) {
var dumped_text = "";
if(!level) level = 0;

//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
var level_padding = "";
for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += "    ";

if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects
 for(var item in arr) {
  var value = arr[item];
 
  if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array,
   dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n";
   dumped_text += dump(value,level+1);
  } else {
   dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
  }
 }
} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
 dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
}
return dumped_text;
}

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)
    // %            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){
        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){
        if(!offset) offset = 0;
        var buf = [];
        var dtype = (data.slice(offset, offset + 1)).toLowerCase();
        
        var dataoffset = offset + 2;
        var typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return x');
        var chrs = 0;
        var datalength = 0;
        
        switch(dtype){
            case "i":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return parseInt(x)');
                var readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                var chrs = readData[0];
                var readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "b":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return (parseInt(x) == 1)');
                var readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                var chrs = readData[0];
                var readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "d":
                typeconvert = new Function('x', 'return parseFloat(x)');
                var readData = read_until(data, dataoffset, ';');
                var chrs = readData[0];
                var readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 1;
            break;
            case "n":
                readdata = null;
            break;
            case "s":
                var ccount = read_until(data, dataoffset, ':');
                var chrs = ccount[0];
                var stringlength = ccount[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 2;
                
                var readData = read_chrs(data, dataoffset+1, parseInt(stringlength));
                var chrs = readData[0];
                var readdata = readData[1];
                dataoffset += chrs + 2;
                if(chrs != parseInt(stringlength) && chrs != readdata.length){
                    error('SyntaxError', 'String length mismatch');
                }
            break;
            case "a":
                var readdata = {};
                
                var keyandchrs = read_until(data, dataoffset, ':');
                var chrs = keyandchrs[0];
                var 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 in_array (needle, haystack, argStrict) {
    // Checks if the given value exists in the array  
    // 
    // version: 911.718
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/in_array    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: vlado houba
    // +   input by: Billy
    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // *     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 typeOf(value) {
	var s = typeof value;
	if (s === 'object') {
		if (value) {
			if (value instanceof Array) {
				s = 'array';
			}
		} else {
			s = 'null';
		}
	}
	return s;
}