	/**
     * Fill hidden fields with necessary values, enable field for dropoffcity etc.
     * All those actions are happening at onclick event on a suggested city
     */
	function autofill_fields(city_id, city_name, area_id, country_id, country_name, hidden_field_for_city_id, searchbox_id, display_id) {
		jQuery("#"+searchbox_id).val(city_name);
		jQuery("#"+hidden_field_for_city_id).val(city_id);
		jQuery("#carCountry_hidden").val(country_id);
		jQuery("#carCountry_name").val(country_name);
		jQuery("#carArea_hidden").val(area_id);
		jQuery("#"+display_id).html("").hide();
		jQuery("#carDropOffCity_name").removeAttr("readonly");
		jQuery("#carDropOffCity_name").val(city_name);
		jQuery("#carDropOffCity_hidden").val(city_id);
		var replaceString = jQuery("#holdonanimation");
		var regexp_replace = new RegExp( 'textUnten=.*' , 'ig');
		
		if (searchbox_id == 'carPickUpCity_name') 
		{
			goflash(city_name);
		}
	}
	
	/* This function creates an ajax call to a php-script that gets all 
	 * cities with their countries and areas that match the entered characters.
	 * @param request: is a request running (when typing very fast)? the request will be killed before running the next
	 * @param searchbox_content: the entered search word (characters)
	 * @param display_id: the id of the div that will display the autosuggest-results (hidden until the ajax-call successed)
	 * @param searchbox_id: the id of the search-field the user is typing in
	 * @param hidden_field_for_city_id: the id of the hidden field where the id of the selected city has to be stored as value
	 * 
	 */
       function autosuggest_keyup(request, searchbox_content, display_id, searchbox_id, hidden_field_for_city_id, pickup_city_id, lang_id) {
    	// stop last request to get real results (when typing too fast)
  			// in firebug the aborted requests are shown as running processes.. hopefully a bug in firebug?
  			if (request != undefined) {
  				request.abort();
  			}
  			
  			// i18n just a workaround first
  			var no_search_entries_text = '';
  			
  			switch(lang_id) {
				case "de": no_search_entries_text = "Keine Ergebnisse gefunden.";
				break;
				case "es": no_search_entries_text = "No se han encontrado resultados.";
				break;
				case "nl": no_search_entries_text = "Geen resultaat gevonden.";
				break;
				case "se": no_search_entries_text = "Din s&ouml;kning gav inga tr&auml;ffar.";
				break;
				case "it": no_search_entries_text = "Nessun risultato trovato.";
				break;
				case "fr": no_search_entries_text = "Pas de r&eacute;sultat trouv&eacute;.";
				break;
				default: no_search_entries_text = "No entries found.";
					break;
			}
  			
  			if (searchbox_content.length >= 3) {
  				var dataString = 'searchword='+ searchbox_content+'&lang_id='+lang_id+'&pickup_city_id='+pickup_city_id;

  				request = jQuery.ajax( {
  					type: "post",
  					url: "/autosuggestor/autosuggestor.php",
  					dataType: 'json',
  					data: dataString,
  					cache: false,
  					success: function(json)
  					{
  						var display_content = "";
  						
  						jQuery.each(json, function(country_name, country) {
  							country_name = htmlentities(country_name, "ENT_QUOTES");
  							display_content += '<div class="countryname">'+country_name+'</div>';
  							jQuery.each(country, function(j, city) {
  								var citystrong = city["city_name"];
  								var city_name = htmlentities(city["city_name"], "ENT_QUOTES");
  								// highlight searchword
  								// TODO: hightlightning of searchwords with umlaut or else.. ham -> häm ..
  								var regexp_replace = new RegExp( searchbox_content , 'i');
  								var searchstring_pos = citystrong.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchbox_content.toLowerCase());
  								var searchstring_endpos = searchstring_pos+searchbox_content.length;
  								if (searchstring_pos > -1) {
  									citystrong = citystrong.replace( regexp_replace, "<strong>"+citystrong.substring(searchstring_pos, searchstring_endpos)+"</strong>");
  								}
  								
  								
  								display_content += '<div class="display_box" align="left" onclick=\'autofill_fields('+city['city_id']+', "'+city_name+'", '+city['area_id']+', '+city['country_id']+', "'+country_name+'", "'+hidden_field_for_city_id+'", "'+searchbox_id+'", "'+display_id+'");\'>'+citystrong+'</div>';
  							    });
  						});
  						
  						if (display_content == "") {
  							display_content += '<div class="display_box countryname" align="left">'+no_search_entries_text+'</div>';
  						}
  						jQuery("#"+display_id).html(display_content).show();
  					}
  				});

  			}
  			else if (searchbox_content.length < 3) {
  				jQuery("#"+display_id).html("").hide();
  			}
  			
  			return false;
       } // end function
       
       /**
        * quelle: http://javascript.about.com/library/bladdslash.htm
        * 
        */
       function addslashes(str) 
       {
    	   str=str.replace(/\\/g,'\\\\');
    	   str=str.replace(/\'/g,'\\\'');
    	   str=str.replace(/\"/g,'\\"');
    	   str=str.replace(/\0/g,'\\0');
    	   return str;
       }
       
       function stripslashes(str) 
       {
    	   str=str.replace(/\\'/g,'\'');
    	   str=str.replace(/\\"/g,'"');
    	   str=str.replace(/\\0/g,'\0');
    	   str=str.replace(/\\\\/g,'\\');
    	   return str;
       }
       
       function htmlentities (string, quote_style) {
    	    // Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities  
    	    // 
    	    // version: 909.322
    	    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/htmlentities    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    	    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    	    // +   improved by: nobbler
    	    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    	    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    	    // +    bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    	    // +      input by: Ratheous
    	    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    	    // *     example 1: htmlentities('Kevin & van Zonneveld');    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin &amp; van Zonneveld'
    	    // *     example 2: htmlentities("foo'bar","ENT_QUOTES");
    	    // *     returns 2: 'foo&#039;bar'
    	    var hash_map = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    	    tmp_str = string.toString();    
    	    if (false === (hash_map = get_html_translation_table('HTML_ENTITIES', quote_style))) {
    	        return false;
    	    }
    	    hash_map["'"] = '&#039;';    for (symbol in hash_map) {
    	        entity = hash_map[symbol];
    	        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    	    }
    	        return tmp_str;
    	}
       
       function get_html_translation_table (table, quote_style) {
    	    // Returns the internal translation table used by htmlspecialchars and htmlentities  
    	    // 
    	    // version: 909.322
    	    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/get_html_translation_table    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    	    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    	    // +   bugfixed by: noname
    	    // +   bugfixed by: Alex
    	    // +   bugfixed by: Marco    // +   bugfixed by: madipta
    	    // +   improved by: KELAN
    	    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    	    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    	    // +      input by: Frank Forte    // +   bugfixed by: T.Wild
    	    // +      input by: Ratheous
    	    // %          note: It has been decided that we're not going to add global
    	    // %          note: dependencies to php.js, meaning the constants are not
    	    // %          note: real constants, but strings instead. Integers are also supported if someone    // %          note: chooses to create the constants themselves.
    	    // *     example 1: get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    	    // *     returns 1: {'"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;'}
    	    
    	    var entities = {}, hash_map = {}, decimal = 0, symbol = '';    var constMappingTable = {}, constMappingQuoteStyle = {};
    	    var useTable = {}, useQuoteStyle = {};
    	    
    	    // Translate arguments
    	    constMappingTable[0]      = 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS';    constMappingTable[1]      = 'HTML_ENTITIES';
    	    constMappingQuoteStyle[0] = 'ENT_NOQUOTES';
    	    constMappingQuoteStyle[2] = 'ENT_COMPAT';
    	    constMappingQuoteStyle[3] = 'ENT_QUOTES';
    	     useTable       = !isNaN(table) ? constMappingTable[table] : table ? table.toUpperCase() : 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS';
    	    useQuoteStyle = !isNaN(quote_style) ? constMappingQuoteStyle[quote_style] : quote_style ? quote_style.toUpperCase() : 'ENT_COMPAT';
    	 
    	    if (useTable !== 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS' && useTable !== 'HTML_ENTITIES') {
    	        throw new Error("Table: "+useTable+' not supported');        // return false;
    	    }
    	 
    	    entities['38'] = '&amp;';
    	    if (useTable === 'HTML_ENTITIES') {        entities['160'] = '&nbsp;';
    	        entities['161'] = '&iexcl;';
    	        entities['162'] = '&cent;';
    	        entities['163'] = '&pound;';
    	        entities['164'] = '&curren;';        entities['165'] = '&yen;';
    	        entities['166'] = '&brvbar;';
    	        entities['167'] = '&sect;';
    	        entities['168'] = '&uml;';
    	        entities['169'] = '&copy;';        entities['170'] = '&ordf;';
    	        entities['171'] = '&laquo;';
    	        entities['172'] = '&not;';
    	        entities['173'] = '&shy;';
    	        entities['174'] = '&reg;';        entities['175'] = '&macr;';
    	        entities['176'] = '&deg;';
    	        entities['177'] = '&plusmn;';
    	        entities['178'] = '&sup2;';
    	        entities['179'] = '&sup3;';        entities['180'] = '&acute;';
    	        entities['181'] = '&micro;';
    	        entities['182'] = '&para;';
    	        entities['183'] = '&middot;';
    	        entities['184'] = '&cedil;';        entities['185'] = '&sup1;';
    	        entities['186'] = '&ordm;';
    	        entities['187'] = '&raquo;';
    	        entities['188'] = '&frac14;';
    	        entities['189'] = '&frac12;';        entities['190'] = '&frac34;';
    	        entities['191'] = '&iquest;';
    	        entities['192'] = '&Agrave;';
    	        entities['193'] = '&Aacute;';
    	        entities['194'] = '&Acirc;';        entities['195'] = '&Atilde;';
    	        entities['196'] = '&Auml;';
    	        entities['197'] = '&Aring;';
    	        entities['198'] = '&AElig;';
    	        entities['199'] = '&Ccedil;';        entities['200'] = '&Egrave;';
    	        entities['201'] = '&Eacute;';
    	        entities['202'] = '&Ecirc;';
    	        entities['203'] = '&Euml;';
    	        entities['204'] = '&Igrave;';        entities['205'] = '&Iacute;';
    	        entities['206'] = '&Icirc;';
    	        entities['207'] = '&Iuml;';
    	        entities['208'] = '&ETH;';
    	        entities['209'] = '&Ntilde;';        entities['210'] = '&Ograve;';
    	        entities['211'] = '&Oacute;';
    	        entities['212'] = '&Ocirc;';
    	        entities['213'] = '&Otilde;';
    	        entities['214'] = '&Ouml;';        entities['215'] = '&times;';
    	        entities['216'] = '&Oslash;';
    	        entities['217'] = '&Ugrave;';
    	        entities['218'] = '&Uacute;';
    	        entities['219'] = '&Ucirc;';        entities['220'] = '&Uuml;';
    	        entities['221'] = '&Yacute;';
    	        entities['222'] = '&THORN;';
    	        entities['223'] = '&szlig;';
    	        entities['224'] = '&agrave;';        entities['225'] = '&aacute;';
    	        entities['226'] = '&acirc;';
    	        entities['227'] = '&atilde;';
    	        entities['228'] = '&auml;';
    	        entities['229'] = '&aring;';        entities['230'] = '&aelig;';
    	        entities['231'] = '&ccedil;';
    	        entities['232'] = '&egrave;';
    	        entities['233'] = '&eacute;';
    	        entities['234'] = '&ecirc;';        entities['235'] = '&euml;';
    	        entities['236'] = '&igrave;';
    	        entities['237'] = '&iacute;';
    	        entities['238'] = '&icirc;';
    	        entities['239'] = '&iuml;';        entities['240'] = '&eth;';
    	        entities['241'] = '&ntilde;';
    	        entities['242'] = '&ograve;';
    	        entities['243'] = '&oacute;';
    	        entities['244'] = '&ocirc;';        entities['245'] = '&otilde;';
    	        entities['246'] = '&ouml;';
    	        entities['247'] = '&divide;';
    	        entities['248'] = '&oslash;';
    	        entities['249'] = '&ugrave;';        entities['250'] = '&uacute;';
    	        entities['251'] = '&ucirc;';
    	        entities['252'] = '&uuml;';
    	        entities['253'] = '&yacute;';
    	        entities['254'] = '&thorn;';        entities['255'] = '&yuml;';
    	    }
    	 
    	    if (useQuoteStyle !== 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
    	        entities['34'] = '&quot;';    }
    	    if (useQuoteStyle === 'ENT_QUOTES') {
    	        entities['39'] = '&#39;';
    	    }
    	    entities['60'] = '&lt;';    entities['62'] = '&gt;';
    	 
    	 
    	    // ascii decimals to real symbols
    	    for (decimal in entities) {        symbol = String.fromCharCode(decimal);
    	        hash_map[symbol] = entities[decimal];
    	    }
    	    
    	    return hash_map;
       }