Ok, so im not very good with AJAX, so i downloaded a script for an AJAX chat, instead of making one. My problem is that it filters out characters like :, +, etc.. this makes it difficult to put smilies in... my code is this:


<?php
if (!isset($SAJAX_INCLUDED)) {

/*
* GLOBALS AND DEFAULTS
*
*/
$GLOBALS['sajax_version'] = '0.12';
$GLOBALS['sajax_debug_mode'] = 0;
$GLOBALS['sajax_export_list'] = array();
$GLOBALS['sajax_request_type'] = 'GET';
$GLOBALS['sajax_remote_uri'] = '';
$GLOBALS['sajax_failure_redirect'] = '';

/*
* CODE
*
*/

//
// Initialize the Sajax library.
//
function sajax_init() {
}

//
// Helper function to return the script's own URI.
//
function sajax_get_my_uri() {
return $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
}
$sajax_remote_uri = sajax_get_my_uri();

//
// Helper function to return an eval()-usable representation
// of an object in JavaScript.
//
function sajax_get_js_repr($value) {
$type = gettype($value);

if ($type == "boolean") {
return ($value) ? "Boolean(true)" : "Boolean(false)";
}
elseif ($type == "integer") {
return "parseInt($value)";
}
elseif ($type == "double") {
return "parseFloat($value)";
}
elseif ($type == "array" || $type == "object" ) {
//
// XXX Arrays with non-numeric indices are not
// permitted according to ECMAScript, yet everyone
// uses them.. We'll use an object.
//
$s = "{ ";
if ($type == "object") {
$value = get_object_vars($value);
}
foreach ($value as $k=>$v) {
$esc_key = sajax_esc($k);
if (is_numeric($k))
$s .= "$k: " . sajax_get_js_repr($v) . ", ";
else
$s .= "\"$esc_key\": " . sajax_get_js_repr($v) . ", ";
}
if (count($value))
$s = substr($s, 0, -2);
return $s . " }";
}
else {
$esc_val = sajax_esc($value);
$s = "'$esc_val'";
return $s;
}
}

function sajax_handle_client_request() {
global $sajax_export_list;

$mode = "";

if (! empty($_GET["rs"]))
$mode = "get";

if (!empty($_POST["rs"]))
$mode = "post";

if (empty($mode))
return;

$target = "";

if ($mode == "get") {
// Bust cache in the head
header ("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Date in the past
header ("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
// always modified
header ("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header ("Pragma: no-cache"); // HTTP/1.0
$func_name = $_GET["rs"];
if (! empty($_GET["rsargs"]))
$args = $_GET["rsargs"];
else
$args = array();
}
else {
$func_name = $_POST["rs"];
if (! empty($_POST["rsargs"]))
$args = $_POST["rsargs"];
else
$args = array();
}

if (! in_array($func_name, $sajax_export_list))
echo "-:$func_name not callable";
else {
echo "+:";
$result = call_user_func_array($func_name, $args);
echo "var res = " . trim(sajax_get_js_repr($result)) . "; res;";
}
exit;
}

function sajax_get_common_js() {
global $sajax_debug_mode;
global $sajax_request_type;
global $sajax_remote_uri;
global $sajax_failure_redirect;

$t = strtoupper($sajax_request_type);
if ($t != "" && $t != "GET" && $t != "POST")
return "// Invalid type: $t.. \n\n";

ob_start();
?>

// remote scripting library
// (c) copyright 2005 modernmethod, inc
var sajax_debug_mode = <?php echo $sajax_debug_mode ? "true" : "false"; ?>;
var sajax_request_type = "<?php echo $t; ?>";
var sajax_target_id = "";
var sajax_failure_redirect = "<?php echo $sajax_failure_redirect; ?>";

function sajax_debug(text) {
if (sajax_debug_mode)
alert(text);
}

function sajax_init_object() {
sajax_debug("sajax_init_object() called..")

var A;

var msxmlhttp = new Array(
'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0',
'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
'Msxml2.XMLHTTP',
'Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
for (var i = 0; i < msxmlhttp.length; i++) {
try {
A = new ActiveXObject(msxmlhttp[i]);
} catch (e) {
A = null;
}
}

if(!A && typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined")
A = new XMLHttpRequest();
if (!A)
sajax_debug("Could not create connection object.");
return A;
}

var sajax_requests = new Array();

function sajax_cancel() {
for (var i = 0; i < sajax_requests.length; i++)
sajax_requests[i].abort();
}

function sajax_do_call(func_name, args) {
var i, x, n;
var uri;
var post_data;
var target_id;

sajax_debug("in sajax_do_call().." + sajax_request_type + "/" + sajax_target_id);
target_id = sajax_target_id;
if (typeof(sajax_request_type) == "undefined" || sajax_request_type == "")
sajax_request_type = "GET";

uri = "<?php echo $sajax_remote_uri; ?>";
if (sajax_request_type == "GET") {

if (uri.indexOf("?") == -1)
uri += "?rs=" + escape(func_name);
else
uri += "&rs=" + escape(func_name);
uri += "&rst=" + escape(sajax_target_id);
uri += "&rsrnd=" + new Date().getTime();

for (i = 0; i < args.length-1; i++)
uri += "&rsargs[]=" + escape(args[i]);

post_data = null;
}
else if (sajax_request_type == "POST") {
post_data = "rs=" + escape(func_name);
post_data += "&rst=" + escape(sajax_target_id);
post_data += "&rsrnd=" + new Date().getTime();

for (i = 0; i < args.length-1; i++)
post_data = post_data + "&rsargs[]=" + escape(args[i]);
}
else {
alert("Illegal request type: " + sajax_request_type);
}

x = sajax_init_object();
if (x == null) {
if (sajax_failure_redirect != "") {
location.href = sajax_failure_redirect;
return false;
} else {
sajax_debug("NULL sajax object for user agent:\n" + navigator.userAgent);
return false;
}
} else {
x.open(sajax_request_type, uri, true);
// window.open(uri);

sajax_requests[sajax_requests.length] = x;

if (sajax_request_type == "POST") {
x.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST " + uri + " HTTP/1.1");
x.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
}

x.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (x.readyState != 4)
return;

sajax_debug("received " + x.responseText);

var status;
var data;
var txt = x.responseText.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g,"");
status = txt.charAt(0);
data = txt.substring(2);

if (status == "") {
// let's just assume this is a pre-response bailout and let it slide for now
} else if (status == "-")
alert("Error: " + data);
else {
if (target_id != "")
document.getElementById(target_id).innerHTML = eval(data);
else {
try {
var callback;
var extra_data = false;
if (typeof args[args.length-1] == "object") {
callback = args[args.length-1].callback;
extra_data = args[args.length-1].extra_data;
} else {
callback = args[args.length-1];
}
callback(eval(data), extra_data);
} catch (e) {
sajax_debug("Caught error " + e + ": Could not eval " + data );
}
}
}
}
}

sajax_debug(func_name + " uri = " + uri + "/post = " + post_data);
x.send(post_data);
sajax_debug(func_name + " waiting..");
delete x;
return true;
}

<?php
$html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $html;
}

function sajax_show_common_js() {
echo sajax_get_common_js();
}

// javascript escape a value
function sajax_esc($val)
{
$val = str_replace("\\", "\\\\", $val);
$val = str_replace("\r", "\\r", $val);
$val = str_replace("\n", "\\n", $val);
$val = str_replace("'", "\\'", $val);
return str_replace('"', '\\"', $val);
}

function sajax_get_one_stub($func_name) {
ob_start();
?>

// wrapper for <?php echo $func_name; ?>

function x_<?php echo $func_name; ?>() {
sajax_do_call("<?php echo $func_name; ?>",
x_<?php echo $func_name; ?>.arguments);
}

<?php
$html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $html;
}

function sajax_show_one_stub($func_name) {
echo sajax_get_one_stub($func_name);
}

function sajax_export() {
global $sajax_export_list;

$n = func_num_args();
for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
$sajax_export_list[] = func_get_arg($i);
}
}

$sajax_js_has_been_shown = 0;
function sajax_get_javascript()
{
global $sajax_js_has_been_shown;
global $sajax_export_list;

$html = "";
if (! $sajax_js_has_been_shown) {
$html .= sajax_get_common_js();
$sajax_js_has_been_shown = 1;
}
foreach ($sajax_export_list as $func) {
$html .= sajax_get_one_stub($func);
}
return $html;
}

function sajax_show_javascript()
{
echo sajax_get_javascript();
}


$SAJAX_INCLUDED = 1;
}
?>

If you could let me know where this is taking place, and what to do to fix it, i would greatly appreciate it.