function array_encode_data($data) {
	$data = base64_encode(serialize($data)); 		//Serialize the data first to make sure it's a string 
	return $data; 					//Return the string with ammendments made. This WILL need decoding.
}

function array_decode_data($data) {
  if (is_string($data)) {
  	$data = unserialize(base64_decode($data)); 	//Unserialize and decode the data from base64 string, into an array
  }
  return($data);						//Return the data in it's original format
}
function text_encode_data($data) {
	//$data = strip_tags($data); //Strips all HTML and PHP tags
  	$data = trim($data); //Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
  	$data = htmlentities($data); //Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities
	$data = mysql_real_escape_string($data);
  	return $data; //Return the string with ammendments made. This WILL need decoding.
}

function url_encode($data) {
	$data = strip_tags($data); //Strips all HTML and PHP tags
  	$data = trim($data); //Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
  	$data = mysql_real_escape_string($data);
  	return $data; //Return the string with ammendments made. This WILL need decoding.
}
function encode_data($data, $type = 'TEXT') {
	if ($type = 'TEXT') {
		$data = strip_tags($data); //Strips all HTML and PHP tags
		$data = trim($data); //Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
		$data = htmlentities($data); //Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities
		$data = mysql_real_escape_string(addslashes($data));
		return $data; //Return the string with ammendments made. This WILL need decoding.
	} else {
		$data = trim($data); //Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
		$data = mysql_real_escape_string($data);
		return $data;
	}
}
function decode_data($data, $type = 'TEXT') {
	if ($type == 'HTML') {
		return stripslashes(str_replace('&',"&",trim($data)));
	} else {
		return trim(str_replace("\\","",(stripslashes(nl2br(strip_tags($data))))));
	}
}

function html_encode_data($data) {
  	$data = trim($data); //Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
  	$data = mysql_real_escape_string($data);
  	return $data;
}