function count( mixed_var, mode ) {
    // Count the number of elements in a variable (usually an array)  
    // 
    // version: 905.412
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/count
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: Waldo Malqui Silva
    // +      bugfixed by: Soren Hansen
    // *     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 (mixed_var === null){
        return 0;
    } else if (mixed_var.constructor !== Array && mixed_var.constructor !== Object){
        return 1;
    }

    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 empty( mixed_var ) {
    // !No description available for empty. @php.js developers: Please update the function summary text file.
    // 
    // version: 905.412
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/empty
    // +   original by: Philippe Baumann
    // +      input by: Onno Marsman
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: LH
    // +   improved by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Francesco
    // +   improved by: Marc Jansen
    // *     example 1: empty(null);
    // *     returns 1: true
    // *     example 2: empty(undefined);
    // *     returns 2: true
    // *     example 3: empty([]);
    // *     returns 3: true
    // *     example 4: empty({});
    // *     returns 4: true
    // *     example 5: empty({'aFunc' : function () { alert('humpty'); } });
    // *     returns 5: false
    
    var key;
    
    if (mixed_var === "" ||
        mixed_var === 0 ||
        mixed_var === "0" ||
        mixed_var === null ||
        mixed_var === false ||
        mixed_var === undefined
    ){
        return true;
    }

    if (typeof mixed_var == 'object') {
        for (key in mixed_var) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

function urlencode( str ) {
    // URL-encodes string  
    // 
    // version: 907.503
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/urlencode
    // +   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
    // +      input by: Ratheous
    // %          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 hash_map = {}, 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 hash_map is identical to the one in urldecode.
    hash_map["'"]   = '%27';
    hash_map['(']   = '%28';
    hash_map[')']   = '%29';
    hash_map['*']   = '%2A';
    hash_map['~']   = '%7E';
    hash_map['!']   = '%21';
    hash_map['%20'] = '+';
    hash_map['\u00DC'] = '%DC';
    hash_map['\u00FC'] = '%FC';
    hash_map['\u00C4'] = '%D4';
    hash_map['\u00E4'] = '%E4';
    hash_map['\u00D6'] = '%D6';
    hash_map['\u00F6'] = '%F6';
    hash_map['\u00DF'] = '%DF';
    hash_map['\u20AC'] = '%80';
    hash_map['\u0081'] = '%81';
    hash_map['\u201A'] = '%82';
    hash_map['\u0192'] = '%83';
    hash_map['\u201E'] = '%84';
    hash_map['\u2026'] = '%85';
    hash_map['\u2020'] = '%86';
    hash_map['\u2021'] = '%87';
    hash_map['\u02C6'] = '%88';
    hash_map['\u2030'] = '%89';
    hash_map['\u0160'] = '%8A';
    hash_map['\u2039'] = '%8B';
    hash_map['\u0152'] = '%8C';
    hash_map['\u008D'] = '%8D';
    hash_map['\u017D'] = '%8E';
    hash_map['\u008F'] = '%8F';
    hash_map['\u0090'] = '%90';
    hash_map['\u2018'] = '%91';
    hash_map['\u2019'] = '%92';
    hash_map['\u201C'] = '%93';
    hash_map['\u201D'] = '%94';
    hash_map['\u2022'] = '%95';
    hash_map['\u2013'] = '%96';
    hash_map['\u2014'] = '%97';
    hash_map['\u02DC'] = '%98';
    hash_map['\u2122'] = '%99';
    hash_map['\u0161'] = '%9A';
    hash_map['\u203A'] = '%9B';
    hash_map['\u0153'] = '%9C';
    hash_map['\u009D'] = '%9D';
    hash_map['\u017E'] = '%9E';
    hash_map['\u0178'] = '%9F';
    
    // Begin with encodeURIComponent, which most resembles PHP's encoding functions
    ret = encodeURIComponent(ret);

    for (unicodeStr in hash_map) {
        hexEscStr = hash_map[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 substr (f_string, f_start, f_length) {
    // Returns part of a string  
    // 
    // version: 908.406
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/substr
    // +     original by: Martijn Wieringa
    // +     bugfixed by: T.Wild
    // +      tweaked by: Onno Marsman
    // *       example 1: substr('abcdef', 0, -1);
    // *       returns 1: 'abcde'
    // *       example 2: substr(2, 0, -6);
    // *       returns 2: ''
    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 trim (str, charlist) {
    // Strips whitespace from the beginning and end of a string  
    // 
    // version: 909.322
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/trim
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: mdsjack (http://www.mdsjack.bo.it)
    // +   improved by: Alexander Ermolaev (http://snippets.dzone.com/user/AlexanderErmolaev)
    // +      input by: Erkekjetter
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: DxGx
    // +   improved by: Steven Levithan (http://blog.stevenlevithan.com)
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: trim('    Kevin van Zonneveld    ');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'
    // *     example 2: trim('Hello World', 'Hdle');
    // *     returns 2: 'o Wor'
    // *     example 3: trim(16, 1);
    // *     returns 3: 6
    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 : '';
}