function utf8_encode ( argString ) {
    // 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'

    var string = (argString+'').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://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   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 this.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 = this.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://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   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 this.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('');
    dec = this.utf8_decode(dec);

    return dec;
}

function urlencode( str ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: AJ
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: travc
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Lars Fischer
    // %          note 1: info on what encoding functions to use from: http://xkr.us/articles/javascript/encode-compare/
    // *     example 1: urlencode('Kevin van Zonneveld!');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin+van+Zonneveld%21'
    // *     example 2: urlencode('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/');
    // *     returns 2: 'http%3A%2F%2Fkevin.vanzonneveld.net%2F'
    // *     example 3: urlencode('http://www.google.nl/search?q=php.js&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a');
    // *     returns 3: 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dphp.js%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a'

    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 ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: AJ
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +      input by: travc
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Lars Fischer
    // %          note 1: info on what encoding functions to use from: http://xkr.us/articles/javascript/encode-compare/
    // *     example 1: urldecode('Kevin+van+Zonneveld%21');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld!'
    // *     example 2: urldecode('http%3A%2F%2Fkevin.vanzonneveld.net%2F');
    // *     returns 2: 'http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/'
    // *     example 3: urldecode('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dphp.js%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a');
    // *     returns 3: 'http://www.google.nl/search?q=php.js&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a'

    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;
}