/*
    Name:           custom_functions.js
    Description:    The goal is to have an individual source of custom functions and tools utilized
                    for JavaScript in order to increase functionality through the re-use of
                    existing code.
    
    Production Environment Include:
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/bin/t/i/s_code.js"></script>
    
    Test Environment Include:
    <!--<not-yet-added>-->
*/

function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
	// set time, it's in milliseconds
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );
	
	/*
	if the expires variable is set, make the correct
	expires time, the current script below will set
	it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
	delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
	*/
	if ( expires ) {
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
	}
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	
	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
	( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
	( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
	( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
	( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ) {
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );					// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it

		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name ) {
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 ) {
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found ) {
		return null;
	}
}
// this deletes the cookie when called
function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
	if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
	( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
	( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
	";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

/*
    Name:           fnGetDomain()
    Description:    Retrieve the domain name from the URL string
*/
function fnGetDomain(url) {
    return (url.match(/:\/\/(.[^/]+)/)[1]).replace('www.','');
}

/*
    Name:           fnGetVar()
    Description:    Retrieve a URL variable from the URL string
*/
function fnGetVar( name ) {
	name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
	var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)"; 
	var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
	var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
	if( results == null )
		return "";
	else
		return results[1];
}

Array.prototype.unique = function() {
    var a = this.concat();
    for(var i=0; i<a.length; ++i) {
        for(var j=i+1; j<a.length; ++j) {
            if(a[i] === a[j])
                a.splice(j, 1);
        }
    }
    return a;
};