#####
#  FCKeditor - The text editor for internet
#  Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Frederico Caldeira Knabben
#  
#  Licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License:
#  		http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
#  
#  For further information visit:
#  		http://www.fckeditor.net/
#  
#  "Support Open Source software. What about a donation today?"
#  
#  File Name: util.pl
#  	This is the File Manager Connector for Perl.
#  
#  File Authors:
#  		Takashi Yamaguchi (jack@omakase.net)
#####

sub RemoveFromStart
{
	local($sourceString, $charToRemove) = @_;
	$sPattern = '^' . $charToRemove . '+' ;
	$sourceString =~ s/^$charToRemove+//g;
	return $sourceString;
}

sub RemoveFromEnd
{
	local($sourceString, $charToRemove) = @_;
	$sPattern = $charToRemove . '+$' ;
	$sourceString =~ s/$charToRemove+$//g;
	return $sourceString;
}

sub ConvertToXmlAttribute
{
	local($value) = @_;
	return $value;
#	return utf8_encode(htmlspecialchars($value));

}

sub specialchar_cnv
{
	local($ch) = @_;

	$ch =~ s/&/&/g;		# &
	$ch =~ s/\"/"/g;	#"
	$ch =~ s/\'/'/g;	# '
	$ch =~ s/</&lt;/g;		# <
	$ch =~ s/>/&gt;/g;		# >
	return($ch);
}

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