// credit to http://quicksurf.com/index.php?p=78

//First things first, set up our array that we are going to use.
var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" + //all caps
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" + //all lowercase
"0123456789+/="; // all numbers plus +/=

//Heres the encode function
function encode64(inp)
{
var out = ""; //This is the output
var chr1, chr2, chr3 = ""; //These are the 3 bytes to be encoded
var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = ""; //These are the 4 encoded bytes
var i = 0; //Position counter

do { //Set up the loop here
chr1 = inp.charCodeAt(i++); //Grab the first byte
chr2 = inp.charCodeAt(i++); //Grab the second byte
chr3 = inp.charCodeAt(i++); //Grab the third byte

//Here is the actual base64 encode part.
//There really is only one way to do it.
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;
}

//Lets spit out the 4 encoded bytes
out = out + keyStr.charAt(enc1) + keyStr.charAt(enc2) + keyStr.charAt(enc3) +
keyStr.charAt(enc4);

// OK, now clean out the variables used.
chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";

} while (i < inp.length); //And finish off the loop

//Now return the encoded values.
return out;
}

//Heres the decode function
function decode64(inp)
{
var out = ""; //This is the output
var chr1, chr2, chr3 = ""; //These are the 3 decoded bytes
var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = ""; //These are the 4 bytes to be decoded
var i = 0; //Position counter

// remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
var base64test = /[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g;

if (base64test.exec(inp)) { //Do some error checking
alert("There were invalid base64 characters in the input text.\n" +
"Valid base64 characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ?+?, ?/?, and ?=?\n" +
"Expect errors in decoding.");
}
inp = inp.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");

do { //HereÕs the decode loop.

//Grab 4 bytes of encoded content.
enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(inp.charAt(i++));
enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(inp.charAt(i++));
enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(inp.charAt(i++));
enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(inp.charAt(i++));

//Heres the decode part. ThereÕs really only one way to do it.
chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;

//Start to output decoded content
out = out + String.fromCharCode(chr1);

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

//now clean out the variables used
chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";

} while (i < inp.length); //finish off the loop

//Now return the decoded values.
return out;
}

// adapted for the data transmission class
function rfc3548_encode($str)
{
	return encode64($str).split('/').join('_').split('+').join('-');
}

function rfc3548_decode($str)
{
	return decode64($str).split('_').join('/').split('-').join('+');
}

// serialize
// credits http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/PHP/Recipe/414334

function serialize (a)
{
    var a_php = "";
    var total = 0;
    for (var key in a)
    {
        ++ total;
        a_php = a_php + "s:" +
                String(key).length + ":\"" + String(key) + "\";s:" +
                String(a[key]).length + ":\"" + String(a[key]) + "\";";
    }
    a_php = "a:" + total + ":{" + a_php + "}";
    return a_php;
}