diff -r 4d39adda7a38 -r b28cf69f42e8 src/server/ucx/string.c
--- a/src/server/ucx/string.c	Sat Jan 19 21:52:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/server/ucx/string.c	Thu Feb 28 20:00:05 2013 +0100
@@ -173,27 +173,37 @@
 }
 
 // webserver extension
+
+int sstr_startswith(sstr_t string, sstr_t cmp) {
+    sstr_t sub = sstrsubsl(string, 0, cmp.length);
+    if(!sstrcmp(sub, cmp)) {
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
 sstr_t sstrtrim(sstr_t string) {
     sstr_t newstr = string;
-    int nsoff = 0;
-    int l = 1;
-    for(int i=0;i<string.length;i++) {
+    int i;
+    for(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;
-            }
+        if(c > 32) {
+            break;
         }
     }
+    
+    newstr.ptr = &string.ptr[i];
+    newstr.length = string.length - i;
+    
+    for(i=newstr.length-1;i>=0;i--) {
+        char c = newstr.ptr[i];
+        if(c > 32) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    newstr.length = i + 1;
+    
     return newstr;
 }