function strip_tags(str) {
    str = str.toString();
    return str.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
}




function decodeEntities(encodedString) {
    var textArea = document.createElement('textarea');
    textArea.innerHTML = encodedString;
    return textArea.value;
}





function displayAlert( mss , parentID='' , type='success'){
  if(parentID!=''){
    if(type=='success'){
      $('#'+parentID).html('<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert" style="padding:10px;"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span> ' + mss + '</div>');
    }

    window.setTimeout(function() {
      $(".alert").fadeTo(500, 0).slideUp(500, function(){
      $(this).remove(); 
      });
    }, 5000); 

  }
}



function strstr(haystack, needle, bool) {
    // Finds first occurrence of a string within another
    //
    // version: 1103.1210
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/strstr    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // *     example 1: strstr(‘Kevin van Zonneveld’, ‘van’);
    // *     returns 1: ‘van Zonneveld’    // *     example 2: strstr(‘Kevin van Zonneveld’, ‘van’, true);
    // *     returns 2: ‘Kevin ‘
    // *     example 3: strstr(‘name@example.com’, ‘@’);
    // *     returns 3: ‘@example.com’
    // *     example 4: strstr(‘name@example.com’, ‘@’, true);    // *     returns 4: ‘name’
    var pos = 0;

    haystack += "";
    pos = haystack.indexOf(needle); if (pos == -1) { 
        return false;
    } else {
        if (bool) {
            return haystack.substr(0, pos);
        } else {
            return haystack.slice(pos);
        }
    }
}

function stristr(haystack, needle, bool) {
  haystack = haystack.toLowerCase();
  needle = needle.toLowerCase();
  return strstr(haystack, needle, bool);
}



function confirmAction(message,url){
   if(confirm(message)){
      location.href= url;
   }
}







String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
    return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.slice(1);
}

function xmlObject(){
  try{
    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
    xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }catch (e){
    // Internet Explorer
    try{
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    }catch (e){
      try{
         xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }catch (e){
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
      }
    }
  }
  return xmlHttp;
}
function doXmlRequest(xmlUrl, functionByValue) {
  xmlObj = new xmlObject();
  xmlObj.onreadystatechange = function(){
    if (xmlObj.readyState == 4) {
      globalXmlData = xmlObj.responseText;
      functionByValue(xmlObj.responseText);
    }
  }
  xmlObj.open('GET', xmlUrl , true);
  xmlObj.send(null);
}
function doXmlPOSTRequest(xmlUrl, params, functionByValue) {
  xmlObj = new xmlObject();
  xmlObj.open("POST", xmlUrl, true);
  //Send the proper header information along with the request
  xmlObj.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  xmlObj.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
  xmlObj.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
  
  xmlObj.onreadystatechange = function() {//Call a function when the state changes.
      if (xmlObj.readyState == 4) {
        globalXmlData = xmlObj.responseText;
        functionByValue(xmlObj.responseText);
      }
  }
  xmlObj.send(params);
}
function showTR(trid){
	if (document.all)
		document.all[trid].style.display = '';
	else if (document.getElementById)
		document.getElementById(trid).style.display = '';
}
function hideTR(trid){
	if (document.all)
		document.all[trid].style.display = 'none';
	else if (document.getElementById)
		document.getElementById(trid).style.display = 'none';
}
function toggleTR(trid) {
	if (document.all)
		document.all[trid].style.display = (document.all[trid].style.display == 'none') ? 'block' : 'none';
	else if (document.getElementById)
		document.getElementById(trid).style.display = (document.getElementById(trid).style.display == 'none') ? 'block' : 'none';
}

//
// END BASIC FUNCTIONS
//