diff -r cff9c4101dd7 -r a9bbd82d2dce src/server/ucx/string.c
--- a/src/server/ucx/string.c	Sat Jan 14 14:33:38 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/server/ucx/string.c	Sun Jan 15 17:00:16 2012 +0100
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include "string.h"
+#include "mempool.h"
 
 sstr_t sstr (char *s) {
     sstr_t string;
@@ -97,3 +98,40 @@
 
     return newstring;
 }
+
+
+// webserver extension
+sstr_t sstrtrim(sstr_t string) {
+    sstr_t newstr = string;
+    int nsoff = 0;
+    int l = 1;
+    for(int i=0;i<string.length;i++) {
+        char c = string.ptr[i];
+        if(l) {
+            /* leading whitespace */
+            if(c > 32) {
+                l = 0;
+                nsoff = i;
+                newstr.ptr = &string.ptr[i];
+                newstr.length = string.length - nsoff;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* trailing whitespace */
+            if(c > 32) {
+                newstr.length = (i - nsoff) + 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return newstr;
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrdub_mp(UcxMempool *mp, sstr_t s) {
+    sstr_t newstring;
+    newstring.ptr = ucx_mempool_malloc(mp, s.length + 1);
+    newstring.length = s.length;
+    newstring.ptr[newstring.length] = 0;
+
+    memcpy(newstring.ptr, s.ptr, s.length);
+
+    return newstring;
+}