function cc_parse_url (str, component) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +      original by: Steven Levithan (http://blog.stevenlevithan.com)
    // + reimplemented by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // %          note: Based on http://stevenlevithan.com/demo/parseuri/js/assets/parseuri.js
    // %          note: blog post at http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/parseuri
    // %          note: demo at http://stevenlevithan.com/demo/parseuri/js/assets/parseuri.js
    // %          note: Does not replace invaild characters with '_' as in PHP, nor does it return false with
    // %          note: a seriously malformed URL.
    // %          note: Besides function name, is the same as parseUri besides the commented out portion
    // %          note: and the additional section following, as well as our allowing an extra slash after
    // %          note: the scheme/protocol (to allow file:/// as in PHP)
    // *     example 1: cc_parse_url('http://username:password@hostname/path?arg=value#anchor');
    // *     returns 1: {scheme: 'http', host: 'hostname', user: 'username', pass: 'password', path: '/path', query: 'arg=value', fragment: 'anchor'}

    var  o   = {
        strictMode: false,
        key: ["source","protocol","authority","userInfo","user","password","host","port","relative","path","directory","file","query","anchor"],
        q:   {
            name:   "queryKey",
            parser: /(?:^|&)([^&=]*)=?([^&]*)/g
        },
        parser: {
            strict: /^(?:([^:\/?#]+):)?(?:\/\/((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?))?((((?:[^?#\/]*\/)*)([^?#]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/,
            loose:  /^(?:(?![^:@]+:[^:@\/]*@)([^:\/?#.]+):)?(?:\/\/\/?)?((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?)(((\/(?:[^?#](?![^?#\/]*\.[^?#\/.]+(?:[?#]|$)))*\/?)?([^?#\/]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/ // Added one optional slash to post-protocol to catch file:/// (should restrict this)
        }
    };
    
    var m   = o.parser[o.strictMode ? "strict" : "loose"].exec(str),
    uri = {},
    i   = 14;
    while (i--) {uri[o.key[i]] = m[i] || "";}
    // Uncomment the following to use the original more detailed (non-PHP) script
    /*
        uri[o.q.name] = {};
        uri[o.key[12]].replace(o.q.parser, function ($0, $1, $2) {
        if ($1) uri[o.q.name][$1] = $2;
        });
        return uri;
    */

    switch (component) {
        case 'PHP_URL_SCHEME':
            return uri.protocol;
        case 'PHP_URL_HOST':
            return uri.host;
        case 'PHP_URL_PORT':
            return uri.port;
        case 'PHP_URL_USER':
            return uri.user;
        case 'PHP_URL_PASS':
            return uri.password;
        case 'PHP_URL_PATH':
            return uri.path;
        case 'PHP_URL_QUERY':
            return uri.query;
        case 'PHP_URL_FRAGMENT':
            return uri.anchor;
        default:
            var retArr = {};
            if (uri.protocol !== '') {retArr.scheme=uri.protocol;}
            if (uri.host !== '') {retArr.host=uri.host;}
            if (uri.port !== '') {retArr.port=uri.port;}
            if (uri.user !== '') {retArr.user=uri.user;}
            if (uri.password !== '') {retArr.pass=uri.password;}
            if (uri.path !== '') {retArr.path=uri.path;}
            if (uri.query !== '') {retArr.query=uri.query;}
            if (uri.anchor !== '') {retArr.fragment=uri.anchor;}
            return retArr;
    }
}



// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function cc_getCookie( 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++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

		// 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;
	}
}






function cc_setCookie( 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 cc_deleteCookie( name, path )
{
	var cookie_date = new Date ( );  // current date & time
	cookie_date.setTime ( cookie_date.getTime() - 1 );


	document.cookie = name + "=;path=" + path + ";expires=" + cookie_date.toGMTString();


	/*if ( cc_getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
	( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
	( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
	";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";*/
}





function old_cc_setCookie(c_name, value, expiredays)
{
	var exdate = new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
	document.cookie = c_name + "=" + escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires=" + exdate.toGMTString());
}

function old_cc_getCookie(c_name)
{
	if (document.cookie.length>0)
	{
		c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
		
		if (c_start!=-1)
		{ 
			c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1; 
			c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
			
			if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
				return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
		} 
	}
	return "";
}




function cc_urlEncode( s )
{
	return encodeURIComponent( s ).replace( /\%20/g, '+' ).replace( /!/g, '%21' ).replace( /'/g, '%27' ).replace( /\(/g, '%28' ).replace( /\)/g, '%29' ).replace( /\*/g, '%2A' ).replace( /\~/g, '%7E' );
}

function cc_urlDecode( s )
{
	return decodeURIComponent( s.replace( /\+/g, '%20' ).replace( /\%21/g, '!' ).replace( /\%27/g, "'" ).replace( /\%28/g, '(' ).replace( /\%29/g, ')' ).replace( /\%2A/g, '*' ).replace( /\%7E/g, '~' ) );
}




function cc_getBrowerInfo()
{
	var nVer = navigator.appVersion;
	var nAgt = navigator.userAgent;
	var browserName  = navigator.appName;
	var fullVersion  = ''+parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); 
	var majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion,10);
	var nameOffset,verOffset,ix;
	
	// In MSIE, the true version is after "MSIE" in userAgent
	if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("MSIE"))!=-1) {
	 browserName = "Microsoft Internet Explorer";
	 fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+5);
	}
	// In Opera, the true version is after "Opera" 
	else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Opera"))!=-1) {
	 browserName = "Opera";
	 fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+6);
	}
	// In Chrome, the true version is after "Chrome" 
	else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Chrome"))!=-1) {
	 browserName = "Chrome";
	 fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+7);
	}
	// In Safari, the true version is after "Safari" 
	else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Safari"))!=-1) {
	 browserName = "Safari";
	 fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+7);
	}
	// In Firefox, the true version is after "Firefox" 
	else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Firefox"))!=-1) {
	 browserName = "Firefox";
	 fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+8);
	}
	// In most other browsers, "name/version" is at the end of userAgent 
	else if ( (nameOffset=nAgt.lastIndexOf(' ')+1) < (verOffset=nAgt.lastIndexOf('/')) ) 
	{
		browserName = nAgt.substring(nameOffset,verOffset);
	 	fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+1);
	 	
		if (browserName.toLowerCase()==browserName.toUpperCase())
		{
	  		browserName = navigator.appName;
	 	}
	}
	
	// trim the fullVersion string at semicolon/space if present
	if ((ix=fullVersion.indexOf(";"))!=-1) fullVersion=fullVersion.substring(0,ix);
	if ((ix=fullVersion.indexOf(" "))!=-1) fullVersion=fullVersion.substring(0,ix);
	
	majorVersion = parseInt(''+fullVersion,10);
	if (isNaN(majorVersion))
	{
		fullVersion  = ''+parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); 
	 	majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion,10);
	}
	
	return browserName + ' ' + fullVersion;
}