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/**
 * Converts string to SEO-friendly form (lowercase hyphenated alphanumeric words)
 *
 * @param $string
 * @return string
 */
function seoUrl($string)
{

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/**
 * Returns initial letters of all words from all arguments.
 *
 * @param $string $str,...
 * @return string
 * @example initials('Johann Sebastian', 'Bach') => 'JSB'.
 */
function initials()

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/**
 * Cleans up posted data - trims texts & converts empty fields to null.
 * 
 * @param mixed[] $post POST data to be cleaned.
 * @return mixed[] Cleaned-up POST data.
 */
function clean($post)
{

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/**
 * Encrypts object to be stored secure from prying eyes (uses AES-256 ECB).
 *
 * @param object $sourceObj Object to be encrypted.
 * @param string $key       Key to use for encryption.
 * @return string           Encrypted object.
 */
function objEncrypt($sourceObj, $key)

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/**
 * Truncates text to given length with suffixed ellipsis.
 *
 * @param string $text              Original text string.
 * @param int    $length            Length to truncate to.
 * @param bool   [$wholeWords=true] Whether to truncate back to whole words.
 * @return string Truncated string.
 */

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/**
 * Returns how long ago something happened in the past, showing it as
 * 'n' seconds / minutes / hours / days / weeks / months / years ago.
 *
 * For periods over a day, it rolls over at midnight (so doesn't depend on
 * current time of day), and it correctly accounts for month-lengths and
 * leap-years (months and years rollover on current day of month).
 *

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/**
 * Cookie set / get / delete
 * @namespace
 */
var Cookie = {}; // qv stackoverflow.com/questions/1969232, stackoverflow.com/questions/6108207


/**
 * Sets cookie.
 *

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/**
 * Returns specified argument from query string.
 *
 * @params  {string} key - Argument to be returned.
 * @returns {string} Value of key ('' for ?arg=, null for ?arg, undefined if not present).
 */
function getQueryArg(key) {
    // look for key prefixed by ?/&/;, (optionally) suffixed
    // by =val (using lazy match), followed by &/;/# or EOS
    var re = new RegExp('[?&;]'+key+'(=(.*?))?([&;#]|$)');

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/**
 * Returns specified argument from query string.
 *
 * @params  {string} key - Argument to be returned.
 * @returns {string} Value of key ('' for ?arg=, null for ?arg, undefined if not present).
 */
function getQueryArg(key) {
    var srch = location.search.substring(1);  // lose the initial '?'
    var args = srch.split(/[&;]/);            // list of field=value pairs
    for (var i=0; i<args.length; i++) {       // for each arg

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/**
 * Returns camel-cased equivalent of (lower-case) hyphenated string.
 *
 * To enable round-tripping, hyphens not followed by a-z are left intact
 * (can be checked for and/or removed manually if required).
 * 
 * Only transforms ASCII capitals (lack of JavaScript Unicode regexp).
 */
function hyphenToCamel(str) {
    // for Unicode transforms, replace [a-z] with \p{Ll} if available