function dotrim(strComp)
{
	return strComp.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') ;
}
function checkEmail(inputvalue)
{	
	var pattern=/^([a-zA-Z0-9_.-])+@([a-zA-Z0-9_.-])+\.([a-zA-Z])+([a-zA-Z])+/;
	if(pattern.test(inputvalue))
	{         
		return true;
	}
	else
	{   
		return false; 
	}
}
function strip_tags (str, allowed_tags) 
{
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
	// *     example 1: strip_tags('<p>Kevin</p> <br /><b>van</b> <i>Zonneveld</i>', '<i><b>');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin <b>van</b> <i>Zonneveld</i>'
    // *     example 2: strip_tags('<p>Kevin <img src="someimage.png" onmouseover="someFunction()">van <i>Zonneveld</i></p>', '<p>');
    // *     returns 2: '<p>Kevin van Zonneveld</p>'
    // *     example 3: strip_tags("<a href='http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net'>Kevin van Zonneveld</a>", "<a>");
    // *     returns 3: '<a href='http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net'>Kevin van Zonneveld</a>'
    // *     example 4: strip_tags('1 < 5 5 > 1');
    // *     returns 4: '1 < 5 5 > 1'			 
    var key = '', allowed = false;
    var matches = [];
    var allowed_array = [];
    var allowed_tag = '';
    var i = 0;
    var k = '';
    var html = '';
 
    var replacer = function (search, replace, str) {
        return str.split(search).join(replace);
    };
 
    // Build allowes tags associative array
    if (allowed_tags) {
        allowed_array = allowed_tags.match(/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/gi);
    }
 
    str += '';
 
    // Match tags
    matches = str.match(/(<\/?[\S][^>]*>)/gi);
 
    // Go through all HTML tags
    for (key in matches) {
        if (isNaN(key)) {
            // IE7 Hack
            continue;
        }
 
        // Save HTML tag
        html = matches[key].toString();
 
        // Is tag not in allowed list? Remove from str!
        allowed = false;
 
        // Go through all allowed tags
        for (k in allowed_array) {
            // Init
            allowed_tag = allowed_array[k];
            i = -1;
 
            if (i != 0) { i = html.toLowerCase().indexOf('<'+allowed_tag+'>');}
            if (i != 0) { i = html.toLowerCase().indexOf('<'+allowed_tag+' ');}
            if (i != 0) { i = html.toLowerCase().indexOf('</'+allowed_tag)   ;}
 
            // Determine
            if (i == 0) {
                allowed = true;
                break;
            }
        }
 
        if (!allowed) {
            str = replacer(html, "", str); // Custom replace. No regexing
        }
    }
 
    return str;
};
function calcDays(date1,date2)
{
	//PASS THE DATE IN MM-DD-YYYY FORMAT
	date1 = date1.split("-");
	date2 = date2.split("-");
	var sDate = new Date(date1[0]+"/"+date1[1]+"/"+date1[2]);
	var eDate = new Date(date2[0]+"/"+date2[1]+"/"+date2[2]);
	var daysApart = Math.abs(Math.round((sDate-eDate)/86400000));
	return daysApart;
};
/*
function onlyNumbers(evt) 
{
    evt = (evt) ? evt : window.event;
    var charCode = (evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode;
    if (charCode > 31 && (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57)) 
	{        
        return false;
    }   
    return true;
};
*/
function onlyNumbers(sText)
{
   var ValidChars = "0123456789";
   var IsNumber=true;
   var Char;
   for (i = 0; i < sText.length && IsNumber == true; i++) 
      { 
      Char = sText.charAt(i); 
      if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1) 
         {
         IsNumber = false;
         }
      }
   return IsNumber;
   
}
function specialChar(strString) 
  {
   var iChars = "!@#$%^&*()+=-[]\\\';,./{}|\":<>?~_"; 
   for (var i = 0; i < strString.length; i++) {
  	if (iChars.indexOf(strString.charAt(i)) != -1) 
	{
  	  return false;
  	}
  }
}

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

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

/***********************************************
* Textarea Maxlength script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice must stay intact for legal use.
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/        
function ismaxlength(obj){
var mlength=obj.getAttribute? parseInt(obj.getAttribute("maxlength")) : ""
if (obj.getAttribute && obj.value.length>mlength)
obj.value=obj.value.substring(0,mlength)
}