BP.util.nl2br = function(str, is_xhtml) {
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    var breakTag = (is_xhtml || typeof is_xhtml === 'undefined') ? '<br />' : '<br>';

    return (str + '').replace(/([^>\r\n]?)(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n)/g, '$1'+ breakTag +'$2');
}

BP.util.urlencode = function(str) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    str = (str+'').toString();
    
    // Tilde should be allowed unescaped in future versions of PHP (as reflected below), but if you want to reflect current
    // PHP behavior, you would need to add ".replace(/~/g, '%7E');" to the following.
    return encodeURIComponent(str).replace(/!/g, '%21').replace(/'/g, '%27').replace(/\(/g, '%28').
                                                                    replace(/\)/g, '%29').replace(/\*/g, '%2A').replace(/%20/g, '+');
}

BP.util.ucwords = function(str) {
    return (str + '').replace(/^([a-z])|\s+([a-z])/g, function ($1) {
        return $1.toUpperCase();
    });
}