\n";
			ob_start();
			print_r($var);
			$var = ob_get_clean();

			if ($showHtml) {
				$var = str_replace('<', '<', str_replace('>', '>', $var));
			}
			print "{$var}\n

 tags around
 * the output of given array. Similar to debug().
 *
 * @see	debug()
 * @param array	$var
 */
	function pr($var) {
		if (Configure::read() > 0) {
			echo "
";
			print_r($var);
			echo "
";
		}
	}
/**
 * Display parameter
 *
 * @param  mixed  $p Parameter as string or array
 * @return string
 */
	function params($p) {
		if (!is_array($p) || count($p) == 0) {
			return null;
		} else {
			if (is_array($p[0]) && count($p) == 1) {
				return $p[0];
			} else {
				return $p;
			}
		}
	}
/**
 * Merge a group of arrays
 *
 * @param array First array
 * @param array Second array
 * @param array Third array
 * @param array Etc...
 * @return array All array parameters merged into one
 */
	function am() {
		$r = array();
		foreach (func_get_args()as $a) {
			if (!is_array($a)) {
				$a = array($a);
			}
			$r = array_merge($r, $a);
		}
		return $r;
	}
/**
 * Returns the REQUEST_URI from the server environment, or, failing that,
 * constructs a new one, using the PHP_SELF constant and other variables.
 *
 * @return string URI
 */
	function setUri() {
		if (env('HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL')) {
			$uri = env('HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL');
		} elseif (env('REQUEST_URI')) {
			$uri = env('REQUEST_URI');
		} else {
			if (env('argv')) {
				$uri = env('argv');

				if (defined('SERVER_IIS')) {
					$uri = BASE_URL . $uri[0];
				} else {
					$uri = env('PHP_SELF') . '/' . $uri[0];
				}
			} else {
				$uri = env('PHP_SELF') . '/' . env('QUERY_STRING');
			}
		}
		return $uri;
	}
/**
 * Gets an environment variable from available sources.
 * Used as a backup if $_SERVER/$_ENV are disabled.
 *
 * @param  string $key Environment variable name.
 * @return string Environment variable setting.
 */
	function env($key) {

		if ($key == 'HTTPS') {
			if (isset($_SERVER) && !empty($_SERVER)) {
				return (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on');
			} else {
				return (strpos(env('SCRIPT_URI'), 'https://') === 0);
			}
		}

		if (isset($_SERVER[$key])) {
			return $_SERVER[$key];
		} elseif (isset($_ENV[$key])) {
			return $_ENV[$key];
		} elseif (getenv($key) !== false) {
			return getenv($key);
		}

		if ($key == 'SCRIPT_FILENAME' && defined('SERVER_IIS') && SERVER_IIS === true) {
			return str_replace('\\\\', '\\', env('PATH_TRANSLATED') );
		}

		if ($key == 'DOCUMENT_ROOT') {
			$offset = 0;
			if (!strpos(env('SCRIPT_NAME'), '.php')) {
				$offset = 4;
			}
			return substr(env('SCRIPT_FILENAME'), 0, strlen(env('SCRIPT_FILENAME')) - (strlen(env('SCRIPT_NAME')) + $offset));
		}
		if ($key == 'PHP_SELF') {
			return r(env('DOCUMENT_ROOT'), '', env('SCRIPT_FILENAME'));
		}
		return null;
	}
/**
 * Returns contents of a file as a string.
 *
 * @param  string  $fileName		Name of the file.
 * @param  boolean $useIncludePath Wheter the function should use the include path or not.
 * @return mixed	Boolean false or contents of required file.
 */
	if (!function_exists('file_get_contents')) {
		function file_get_contents($fileName, $useIncludePath = false) {
			$res=fopen($fileName, 'rb', $useIncludePath);

			if ($res === false) {
				trigger_error('file_get_contents() failed to open stream: No such file or directory', E_USER_WARNING);
				return false;
			}
			clearstatcache();

			if ($fileSize = @filesize($fileName)) {
				$data = fread($res, $fileSize);
			} else {
				$data = '';

				while (!feof($res)) {
					$data .= fread($res, 8192);
				}
			}
			return "$data\n";
		}
	}
/**
 * Writes data into file.
 *
 * If file exists, it will be overwritten. If data is an array, it will be join()ed with an empty string.
 *
 * @param string $fileName File name.
 * @param mixed  $data String or array.
 */
	if (!function_exists('file_put_contents')) {
		function file_put_contents($fileName, $data) {
			if (is_array($data)) {
				$data = join('', $data);
			}
			$res = @fopen($fileName, 'w+b');
			if ($res) {
				$write = @fwrite($res, $data);
				if ($write === false) {
					return false;
				} else {
					return $write;
				}
			}
		}
	}
/**
 * Reads/writes temporary data to cache files or session.
 *
 * @param  string $path	File path within /tmp to save the file.
 * @param  mixed  $data	The data to save to the temporary file.
 * @param  mixed  $expires A valid strtotime string when the data expires.
 * @param  string $target  The target of the cached data; either 'cache' or 'public'.
 * @return mixed  The contents of the temporary file.
 */
	function cache($path, $data = null, $expires = '+1 day', $target = 'cache') {
		$now = time();
		if (!is_numeric($expires)) {
			$expires = strtotime($expires, $now);
		}

		switch(strtolower($target)) {
			case 'cache':
				$filename = CACHE . $path;
			break;
			case 'public':
				$filename = WWW_ROOT . $path;
			break;
		}

		$timediff = $expires - $now;
		$filetime = false;
		if (file_exists($filename)) {
			$filetime = @filemtime($filename);
		}

		if ($data === null) {
			// Read data from file
			if (file_exists($filename) && $filetime !== false) {
				if ($filetime + $timediff < $now) {
					// File has expired
					@unlink($filename);
				} else {
					$data = file_get_contents($filename);
				}
			}
		} else {
			file_put_contents($filename, $data);
		}
		return $data;
	}
/**
 * Used to delete files in the cache directories, or clear contents of cache directories
 *
 * @param mixed $params As String name to be searched for deletion, if name is a directory all files in directory will be deleted.
 *              If array, names to be searched for deletion.
 *              If clearCache() without params, all files in app/tmp/cache/views will be deleted
 *
 * @param string $type Directory in tmp/cache defaults to view directory
 * @param string $ext The file extension you are deleting
 * @return true if files found and deleted false otherwise
 */
	function clearCache($params = null, $type = 'views', $ext = '.php') {
		if (is_string($params) || $params === null) {
			$params = preg_replace('/\/\//', '/', $params);
			$cache = CACHE . $type . DS . $params;

			if (is_file($cache . $ext)) {
				@unlink($cache . $ext);
				return true;
			} elseif (is_dir($cache)) {
				$files = glob("$cache*");

				if ($files === false) {
					return false;
				}

				foreach ($files as $file) {
					if (is_file($file)) {
						@unlink($file);
					}
				}
				return true;
			} else {
				$cache = CACHE . $type . DS . '*' . $params . $ext;
				$files = glob($cache);

				$cache = CACHE . $type . DS . '*' . $params . '_*' . $ext;
				$files = array_merge($files, glob($cache));

				if ($files === false) {
					return false;
				}

				foreach ($files as $file) {
					if (is_file($file)) {
						@unlink($file);
					}
				}
				return true;
			}
		} elseif (is_array($params)) {
			foreach ($params as $key => $file) {
				clearCache($file, $type, $ext);
			}
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
/**
 * Recursively strips slashes from all values in an array
 *
 * @param unknown_type $value
 * @return unknown
 */
	function stripslashes_deep($value) {
		if (is_array($value)) {
			$return = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value);
			return $return;
		} else {
			$return = stripslashes($value);
			return $return ;
		}
	}
/**
 * Returns a translated string if one is found,
 * or the submitted message if not found.
 *
 * @param  unknown_type $msg
 * @param  unknown_type $return
 * @return unknown
 * @todo Not implemented fully till 2.0
 */
	function __($msg, $return = null) {
		if (is_null($return)) {
			echo($msg);
		} else {
			return $msg;
		}
	}
/**
 * Counts the dimensions of an array
 *
 * @param array $array
 * @return int The number of dimensions in $array
 */
	function countdim($array) {
		if (is_array(reset($array))) {
			$return = countdim(reset($array)) + 1;
		} else {
			$return = 1;
		}
		return $return;
	}
/**
 * Shortcut to Log::write.
 */
	function LogError($message) {
		if (!class_exists('CakeLog')) {
			uses('cake_log');
		}
		$bad = array("\n", "\r", "\t");
		$good = ' ';
		CakeLog::write('error', str_replace($bad, $good, $message));
	}
/**
 * Searches include path for files
 *
 * @param string $file
 * @return Full path to file if exists, otherwise false
 */
	function fileExistsInPath($file) {
		$paths = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, ini_get('include_path'));
		foreach ($paths as $path) {
			$fullPath = $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file;

			if (file_exists($fullPath)) {
				return $fullPath;
			} elseif (file_exists($file)) {
				return $file;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}
/**
 * Convert forward slashes to underscores and removes first and last underscores in a string
 *
 * @param string
 * @return string with underscore remove from start and end of string
 */
	function convertSlash($string) {
		$string = trim($string,"/");
		$string = preg_replace('/\/\//', '/', $string);
		$string = str_replace('/', '_', $string);
		return $string;
	}

/**
 * chmod recursively on a directory
 *
 * @param string $path
 * @param int $mode
 * @return boolean
 */
	function chmodr($path, $mode = 0755) {
		if (!is_dir($path)) {
			return chmod($path, $mode);
		}
		$dir = opendir($path);

		while ($file = readdir($dir)) {
			if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
				$fullpath = $path . '/' . $file;

				if (!is_dir($fullpath)) {
					if (!chmod($fullpath, $mode)) {
						return false;
					}
				} else {
					if (!chmodr($fullpath, $mode)) {
						return false;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		closedir($dir);

		if (chmod($path, $mode)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
/**
 * removed the plugin name from the base url
 *
 * @param string $base
 * @param string $plugin
 * @return base url with plugin name removed if present
 */
	function strip_plugin($base, $plugin) {
		if ($plugin != null) {
			$base = preg_replace('/' . $plugin . '/', '', $base);
			$base = str_replace('//', '', $base);
			$pos1 = strrpos($base, '/');
			$char = strlen($base) - 1;

			if ($pos1 == $char) {
				$base = substr($base, 0, $char);
			}
		}
		return $base;
	}
/**
 * Wraps ternary operations.  If $condition is a non-empty value, $val1 is returned, otherwise $val2.
 *
 * @param mixed $condition Conditional expression
 * @param mixed $val1
 * @param mixed $val2
 * @return mixed $val1 or $val2, depending on whether $condition evaluates to a non-empty expression.
 */
	function ife($condition, $val1 = null, $val2 = null) {
		if (!empty($condition)) {
			return $val1;
		}
		return $val2;
	}
?>