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;
}

/**
*
*  Base64 encode / decode
*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
**/

var Base64 = {

    // private property
    _keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",

    // public method for encoding
    encode : function (input) {
            var output = "";
            var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
            var i = 0;

            input = Base64._utf8_encode(input);

            while (i < input.length) {

                    chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
                    chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
                    chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);

                    enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
                    enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
                    enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
                    enc4 = chr3 & 63;

                    if (isNaN(chr2)) {
                            enc3 = enc4 = 64;
                    } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
                            enc4 = 64;
                    }

                    output = output +
                    this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
                    this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4);

            }

            return output;
    },

    // public method for decoding
    decode : function (input) {
            var output = "";
            var chr1, chr2, chr3;
            var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
            var i = 0;

            input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");

            while (i < input.length) {

                    enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
                    enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
                    enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
                    enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));

                    chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
                    chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
                    chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;

                    output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);

                    if (enc3 != 64) {
                            output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
                    }
                    if (enc4 != 64) {
                            output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
                    }

            }

            output = Base64._utf8_decode(output);

            return output;

    },

    // private method for UTF-8 encoding
    _utf8_encode : function (string) {
            string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");
            var utftext = "";

            for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) {

                    var c = string.charCodeAt(n);

                    if (c < 128) {
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode(c);
                    }
                    else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) {
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192);
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
                    }
                    else {
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224);
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128);
                            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
                    }

            }

            return utftext;
    },

    // private method for UTF-8 decoding
    _utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
            var string = "";
            var i = 0;
            var c = c1 = c2 = 0;

            while ( i < utftext.length ) {

                    c = utftext.charCodeAt(i);

                    if (c < 128) {
                            string += String.fromCharCode(c);
                            i++;
                    }
                    else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) {
                            c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
                            string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
                            i += 2;
                    }
                    else {
                            c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
                            c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2);
                            string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
                            i += 3;
                    }

            }

            return string;
    }
}

function JSON_STR(){
    // implement JSON.stringify serialization
    this.stringify = this.stringify || function (obj) {
        var t = typeof (obj);
        if (t != "object" || obj === null) {

        // simple data type
        if (t == "string") obj = '"'+obj+'"';
            return String(obj);
        } else {
            // recurse array or object
            var n, v, json = [], arr = (obj && obj.constructor == Array);

            for (n in obj) {
                v = obj[n]; t = typeof(v);

                if (t == "string") v = '"'+v+'"';
                else if (t == "object" && v !== null) v = this.stringify(v);

                json.push((arr ? "" : '"' + n + '":') + String(v));
            }

            return (arr ? "[" : "{") + String(json) + (arr ? "]" : "}");
        }
    };
}

function addslashes(str) {
    str=str.replace(/\\/g,'\\\\');
    str=str.replace(/\'/g,'\\\'');
    str=str.replace(/\"/g,'\\"');
    str=str.replace(/\0/g,'\\0');
    return str;
}