function prepStr($val, &$db)
{
// convert all utf-8 values to iso8859-1
$val = ValueCast::toLatinISO($val);
return $db->quoteSmart(ValueCast::castStr($val));
}
function cleanupItem($var)
{
include_once 'model/value_cast.php';
$var = ValueCast::toLatinISO($var);
// some weird mnogosearch characters to replace
$var = preg_replace('/\\x02/', '<b>', $var);
$var = preg_replace('/\\x03/', '</b>', $var);
return $var;
}