diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 6cf1aa11d75b65541584920b0f4c59f2614640a9..5fbd345f3c6148ce0d576084937602bf07cdbe86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Drupal x.x.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * reworked the 'request new password' functionality.
     * reworked the node edit form.
     * added support for auto-complete forms (AJAX).
+    * reorganized some settings pages.
 - profiles:
     * added a block to display author information along with posts.
     * added support for private profile fields.
diff --git a/includes/xmlrpc.inc b/includes/xmlrpc.inc
index 21a44009575992c8506b8b130ef1beeff25398c4..fe1591810566dd10153c43ae5577adbce8ecc3ba 100644
--- a/includes/xmlrpc.inc
+++ b/includes/xmlrpc.inc
@@ -1,1065 +1,428 @@
 <?php
-// by Edd Dumbill (C) 1999-2001
-// <edd@usefulinc.com>
-// $Id$
+/*
+  Drupal XML-RPC library. Based on the IXR - The Incutio XML-RPC Library - (c) Incutio Ltd 2002-2005
+   Version 1.7 (beta) - Simon Willison, 23rd May 2005
+   Site:   http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/
+   Manual: http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/manual.php
+   This version is made available under the GNU GPL License
+*/
 
-
-// Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001 Edd Dumbill.
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-// are met:
-//
-//    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-//      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-//
-//    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-//      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
-//      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
-//      with the distribution.
-//
-//    * Neither the name of the "XML-RPC for PHP" nor the names of its
-//      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-//      from this software without specific prior written permission.
-//
-// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
-// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-// REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
-// INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-// (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-// SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-// HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
-// STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
-// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
-// OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-if (!function_exists('xml_parser_create')) {
-  dl("xml.so");
-}
-
-$xmlrpcI4="i4";
-$xmlrpcInt="int";
-$xmlrpcBoolean="boolean";
-$xmlrpcDouble="double";
-$xmlrpcString="string";
-$xmlrpcDateTime="dateTime.iso8601";
-$xmlrpcBase64="base64";
-$xmlrpcArray="array";
-$xmlrpcStruct="struct";
-
-
-$xmlrpcTypes=array($xmlrpcI4 => 1,
-    $xmlrpcInt => 1,
-    $xmlrpcBoolean => 1,
-    $xmlrpcString => 1,
-    $xmlrpcDouble => 1,
-    $xmlrpcDateTime => 1,
-    $xmlrpcBase64 => 1,
-    $xmlrpcArray => 2,
-    $xmlrpcStruct => 3);
-
-$xmlrpcerr["unknown_method"]=1;
-$xmlrpcstr["unknown_method"]="Unknown method";
-$xmlrpcerr["invalid_return"]=2;
-$xmlrpcstr["invalid_return"]="Invalid return payload: enabling debugging to examine incoming payload";
-$xmlrpcerr["incorrect_params"]=3;
-$xmlrpcstr["incorrect_params"]="Incorrect parameters passed to method";
-$xmlrpcerr["introspect_unknown"]=4;
-$xmlrpcstr["introspect_unknown"]="Can't introspect: method unknown";
-$xmlrpcerr["http_error"]=5;
-$xmlrpcstr["http_error"]="Didn't receive 200 OK from remote server.";
-$xmlrpcerr["no_data"]=6;
-$xmlrpcstr["no_data"]="No data received from server.";
-$xmlrpcerr["no_ssl"]=7;
-$xmlrpcstr["no_ssl"]="No SSL support compiled in.";
-$xmlrpcerr["curl_fail"]=8;
-$xmlrpcstr["curl_fail"]="CURL error";
-
-$xmlrpcName="XML-RPC for PHP";
-$xmlrpcVersion="1.02";
-
-// let user errors start at 800
-$xmlrpcerruser=800;
-// let XML parse errors start at 100
-$xmlrpcerrxml=100;
-
-// used to store state during parsing
-// quick explanation of components:
-//   st - used to build up a string for evaluation
-//   ac - used to accumulate values
-//   qt - used to decide if quotes are needed for evaluation
-//   cm - used to denote struct or array (comma needed)
-//   isf - used to indicate a fault
-//   lv - used to indicate "looking for a value": implements
-//        the logic to allow values with no types to be strings
-//   params - used to store parameters in method calls
-//   method - used to store method name
-
-$_xh=array();
-
-function xmlrpc_se($parser, $name, $attrs) {
-  global $_xh, $xmlrpcDateTime, $xmlrpcString;
-
-  switch($name) {
-    case "STRUCT":
-      case "ARRAY":
-      $_xh[$parser]['st'].="array(";
-    $_xh[$parser]['cm']++;
-    // this last line turns quoting off
-    // this means if we get an empty array we'll
-    // simply get a bit of whitespace in the eval
-    $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
-    break;
-    case "NAME":
-      $_xh[$parser]['st'].="'"; $_xh[$parser]['ac']="";
-    break;
-    case "FAULT":
-      $_xh[$parser]['isf']=1;
-    break;
-    case "PARAM":
-      $_xh[$parser]['st']="";
-    break;
-    case "VALUE":
-      $_xh[$parser]['st'].="new xmlrpcval(";
-    $_xh[$parser]['vt']=$xmlrpcString;
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac']="";
-    $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
-    $_xh[$parser]['lv']=1;
-    // look for a value: if this is still 1 by the
-    // time we reach the first data segment then the type is string
-    // by implication and we need to add in a quote
-    break;
-
-    case "I4":
-      case "INT":
-      case "STRING":
-      case "BOOLEAN":
-      case "DOUBLE":
-      case "DATETIME.ISO8601":
-      case "BASE64":
-      $_xh[$parser]['ac']=""; // reset the accumulator
-
-    if ($name=="DATETIME.ISO8601" || $name=="STRING") {
-      $_xh[$parser]['qt']=1;
-      if ($name=="DATETIME.ISO8601")
-        $_xh[$parser]['vt']=$xmlrpcDateTime;
-    } else if ($name=="BASE64") {
-      $_xh[$parser]['qt']=2;
-    } else {
-      // No quoting is required here -- but
-      // at the end of the element we must check
-      // for data format errors.
-      $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
+function xmlrpc_value($data, $type = FALSE) {
+  $xmlrpc_value = new stdClass();
+  $xmlrpc_value->data = $data;
+  if (!$type) {
+    $type = xmlrpc_value_calculate_type($xmlrpc_value);
+  }
+  $xmlrpc_value->type = $type;
+  if ($type == 'struct') {
+    /* Turn all the values in the array in to new xmlrpc_values */
+    foreach ($xmlrpc_value->data as $key => $value) {
+      $xmlrpc_value->data[$key] = xmlrpc_value($value);
     }
-    break;
-    case "MEMBER":
-      $_xh[$parser]['ac']="";
-    break;
-    default:
-    break;
   }
-
-  if ($name!="VALUE") $_xh[$parser]['lv']=0;
+  if ($type == 'array') {
+    for ($i = 0, $j = count($xmlrpc_value->data); $i < $j; $i++) {
+      $xmlrpc_value->data[$i] = xmlrpc_value($xmlrpc_value->data[$i]);
+    }
+  }
+  return $xmlrpc_value;
 }
 
-function xmlrpc_ee($parser, $name) {
-  global $_xh,$xmlrpcTypes,$xmlrpcString;
-
-  switch($name) {
-    case "STRUCT":
-      case "ARRAY":
-      if ($_xh[$parser]['cm'] && substr($_xh[$parser]['st'], -1) ==',') {
-        $_xh[$parser]['st']=substr($_xh[$parser]['st'],0,-1);
+function xmlrpc_value_calculate_type(&$xmlrpc_value) {
+  $type = gettype($xmlrpc_value->data);
+  switch ($type) {
+    case 'boolean': case 'double':
+      return $type;
+    case 'integer':
+      return 'int';
+    case 'array':
+      return range(0, count($xmlrpc_value->data) - 1) == array_keys($xmlrpc_value->data) ? 'array' : 'struct';
+    case 'object':
+      if ($xmlrpc_value->data->is_date) {
+        return 'date';
       }
-    $_xh[$parser]['st'].=")";
-    $_xh[$parser]['vt']=strtolower($name);
-    $_xh[$parser]['cm']--;
-    break;
-    case "NAME":
-      $_xh[$parser]['st'].= $_xh[$parser]['ac'] . "' => ";
-    break;
-    case "BOOLEAN":
-      // special case here: we translate boolean 1 or 0 into PHP
-      // constants true or false
-      if ($_xh[$parser]['ac']=='1')
-        $_xh[$parser]['ac']="true";
-      else
-        $_xh[$parser]['ac']="false";
-    $_xh[$parser]['vt']=strtolower($name);
-    // Drop through intentionally.
-    case "I4":
-      case "INT":
-      case "STRING":
-      case "DOUBLE":
-      case "DATETIME.ISO8601":
-      case "BASE64":
-      if ($_xh[$parser]['qt']==1) {
-        // we use double quotes rather than single so backslashification works OK
-        $_xh[$parser]['st'].="'". $_xh[$parser]['ac'] ."'";
-      } else if ($_xh[$parser]['qt']==2) {
-        $_xh[$parser]['st'].="base64_decode('". $_xh[$parser]['ac'] ."')";
-      } else if ($name=="BOOLEAN") {
-        $_xh[$parser]['st'].=$_xh[$parser]['ac'];
-      } else {
-        // we have an I4, INT or a DOUBLE
-        // we must check that only 0123456789-.<space> are characters here
-        if (!ereg("^\-?[0123456789 \t\.]+$", $_xh[$parser]['ac'])) {
-          // TODO: find a better way of throwing an error
-          // than this!
-          error_log("XML-RPC: non numeric value received in INT or DOUBLE");
-          $_xh[$parser]['st'].="ERROR_NON_NUMERIC_FOUND";
-        } else {
-          // it's ok, add it on
-          $_xh[$parser]['st'].=$_xh[$parser]['ac'];
-        }
-      }
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac']=""; $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
-    $_xh[$parser]['lv']=3; // indicate we've found a value
-    break;
-    case "VALUE":
-      // deal with a string value
-      if (strlen($_xh[$parser]['ac'])>0 &&
-          $_xh[$parser]['vt']==$xmlrpcString) {
-        $_xh[$parser]['st'].="'". $_xh[$parser]['ac'] . "'";
+      if ($xmlrpc_value->data->is_base64) {
+        return 'base64';
       }
-    // This if() detects if no scalar was inside <VALUE></VALUE>
-    // and pads an empty "".
-    if($_xh[$parser]['st'][strlen($_xh[$parser]['st'])-1] == '(') {
-      $_xh[$parser]['st'].= "''";
-    }
-    $_xh[$parser]['st'].=", '" . $_xh[$parser]['vt'] . "')";
-    if ($_xh[$parser]['cm']) $_xh[$parser]['st'].=",";
-    break;
-    case "MEMBER":
-      $_xh[$parser]['ac']=""; $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
-    break;
-    case "DATA":
-      $_xh[$parser]['ac']=""; $_xh[$parser]['qt']=0;
-    break;
-    case "PARAM":
-      $_xh[$parser]['params'][]=$_xh[$parser]['st'];
-    break;
-    case "METHODNAME":
-      $_xh[$parser]['method']=ereg_replace("^[\n\r\t ]+", "",
-          $_xh[$parser]['ac']);
-    break;
-    case "BOOLEAN":
-      // special case here: we translate boolean 1 or 0 into PHP
-      // constants true or false
-      if ($_xh[$parser]['ac']=='1')
-        $_xh[$parser]['ac']="true";
-      else
-        $_xh[$parser]['ac']="false";
-    $_xh[$parser]['vt']=strtolower($name);
-    break;
+      $xmlrpc_value->data = get_object_vars($xmlrpc_value->data);
+      return 'struct';
     default:
-    break;
-  }
-  // if it's a valid type name, set the type
-  if (isset($xmlrpcTypes[strtolower($name)])) {
-    $_xh[$parser]['vt']=strtolower($name);
+      return string;
   }
-
 }
 
-function xmlrpc_cd($parser, $data)
-{
-  global $_xh;
-
-  //if (ereg("^[\n\r \t]+$", $data)) return;
-  // print "adding [${data}]\n";
-
-  if ($_xh[$parser]['lv']!=3) {
-    // "lookforvalue==3" means that we've found an entire value
-    // and should discard any further character data
-    if ($_xh[$parser]['lv']==1) {
-      // if we've found text and we're just in a <value> then
-      // turn quoting on, as this will be a string
-      $_xh[$parser]['qt']=1;
-      // and say we've found a value
-      $_xh[$parser]['lv']=2;
-    }
-    // replace characters that eval would
-    // do special things with
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac'].= xmlrpc_escape_php($data);
+function xmlrpc_value_get_xml($xmlrpc_value) {
+  /* Return XML for this value */
+  switch ($xmlrpc_value->type) {
+    case 'boolean':
+      return '<boolean>'. (($xmlrpc_value->data) ? '1' : '0') .'</boolean>';
+      break;
+    case 'int':
+      return '<int>'. $xmlrpc_value->data .'</int>';
+      break;
+    case 'double':
+      return '<double>'. $xmlrpc_value->data .'</double>';
+      break;
+    case 'string':
+      /*** check this! this was htmlspecialchars, I changed to check_plain ***/
+      return '<string>'. check_plain($xmlrpc_value->data) .'</string>';
+      break;
+    case 'array':
+      $return = '<array><data>'."\n";
+      foreach ($xmlrpc_value->data as $item) {
+        $return .= '  <value>'. xmlrpc_value_get_xml($item) ."</value>\n";
+      }
+      $return .= '</data></array>';
+      return $return;
+      break;
+    case 'struct':
+      $return = '<struct>'."\n";
+      foreach ($xmlrpc_value->data as $name => $value) {
+        /*** check this! this was htmlspecialchars, I changed to check_plain ***/
+        $return .= "  <member><name>". check_plain($name) ."</name><value>";
+        $return .= xmlrpc_value_get_xml($value)."</value></member>\n";
+      }
+      $return .= '</struct>';
+      return $return;
+      break;
+    case 'date':
+      return xmlrpc_date_get_xml($xmlrpc_value->data);
+      break;
+    case 'base64':
+      return xmlrpc_base64_get_xml($xmlrpc_value->data);
+      break;
   }
+  return FALSE;
 }
 
-/**
- * Escapes a piece of text so it can be placed literally between single quotes
- * as a string inside PHP code.
- *
- * A single slash is converted to a double slash, a single quote converted to
- * a slash followed by a quote.
- */
-function xmlrpc_escape_php($data) {
-  return str_replace(array('\\', "'"),
-                     array('\\\\', "\\'"),
-                     $data);
+function xmlrpc_message($message) {
+  $xmlrpc_message = new stdClass();
+  $xmlrpc_message->array_structs = array();   // The stack used to keep track of the current array/struct
+  $xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types = array(); // Stack keeping track of if things are structs or array
+  $xmlrpc_message->current_struct_name = array();  // A stack as well
+  $xmlrpc_message->message = $message;
+  return $xmlrpc_message;
 }
 
-function xmlrpc_dh($parser, $data)
-{
-  global $_xh;
-  if (substr($data, 0, 1) == "&" && substr($data, -1, 1) == ";") {
-    if ($_xh[$parser]['lv']==1) {
-      $_xh[$parser]['qt']=1;
-      $_xh[$parser]['lv']=2;
-    }
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac'].= xmlrpc_escape_php($data);
-  }
+function xmlrpc_message_parse(&$xmlrpc_message) {
+  // first remove the XML declaration
+  $xmlrpc_message->message = preg_replace('/<\?xml(.*)?\?'.'>/', '', $xmlrpc_message->message);
+  if (trim($xmlrpc_message->message) == '') {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  $xmlrpc_message->_parser = xml_parser_create();
+  // Set XML parser to take the case of tags in to account
+  xml_parser_set_option($xmlrpc_message->_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, FALSE);
+  // Set XML parser callback functions
+  /* do not set object. $xmlrpc_message does not have member functions any more
+  xml_set_object($xmlrpc_message->_parser, $xmlrpc_message); */
+  xml_set_element_handler($xmlrpc_message->_parser, 'xmlrpc_message_tag_open', 'xmlrpc_message_tag_close');
+  xml_set_character_data_handler($xmlrpc_message->_parser, 'xmlrpc_message_cdata');
+  xmlrpc_message_set($xmlrpc_message);
+  if (!xml_parse($xmlrpc_message->_parser, $xmlrpc_message->message)) {
+    /* die(sprintf('XML error: %s at line %d',
+      xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xmlrpc_message->_parser)),
+      xml_get_current_line_number($xmlrpc_message->_parser))); */
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  xml_parser_free($xmlrpc_message->_parser);
+  // Grab the error messages, if any
+  $xmlrpc_message = xmlrpc_message_get();
+  if ($xmlrpc_message->messagetype == 'fault') {
+    $xmlrpc_message->fault_code = $xmlrpc_message->params[0]['faultCode'];
+    $xmlrpc_message->fault_string = $xmlrpc_message->params[0]['faultString'];
+  }
+  return TRUE;
 }
 
-class xmlrpc_client {
-  var $path;
-  var $server;
-  var $port;
-  var $errno;
-  var $errstring;
-  var $debug=0;
-  var $username="";
-  var $password="";
-  var $cert="";
-  var $certpass="";
-
-  function xmlrpc_client($path, $server, $port=0) {
-    $this->port=$port; $this->server=$server; $this->path=$path;
-  }
-
-  function setDebug($in) {
-    if ($in) {
-      $this->debug=1;
-    } else {
-      $this->debug=0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  function setCredentials($u, $p) {
-    $this->username=$u;
-    $this->password=$p;
-  }
-
-  function setCertificate($cert, $certpass) {
-    $this->cert = $cert;
-    $this->certpass = $certpass;
-  }
-
-  function send($msg, $timeout=0, $method='http') {
-    // where msg is an xmlrpcmsg
-    $msg->debug=$this->debug;
-
-    if ($method == 'https') {
-      return $this->sendPayloadHTTPS($msg,
-          $this->server,
-          $this->port, $timeout,
-          $this->username, $this->password,
-          $this->cert,
-          $this->certpass);
-    } else {
-      return $this->sendPayloadHTTP10($msg, $this->server, $this->port,
-          $timeout, $this->username,
-          $this->password);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function sendPayloadHTTP10($msg, $server, $port, $timeout=0,
-      $username="", $password="") {
-    if ($port==0) $port=80;
-    if($timeout>0)
-      $fp=fsockopen($server, $port,
-          $this->errno, $this->errstr, $timeout);
-    else
-      $fp=fsockopen($server, $port,
-          $this->errno, $this->errstr);
-    if (!$fp) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-    // Only create the payload if it was not created previously
-    if(empty($msg->payload)) $msg->createPayload();
-
-    // thanks to Grant Rauscher <grant7@firstworld.net>
-    // for this
-    $credentials="";
-    if ($username!="") {
-      $credentials="Authorization: Basic " .
-        base64_encode($username . ":" . $password) . "\r\n";
-    }
-
-    $op= "POST " . $this->path. " HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: PHP XMLRPC 1.0\r\n" .
-      "Host: ". $this->server  . "\r\n" .
-      $credentials .
-      "Content-Type: text/xml\r\nContent-Length: " .
-      strlen($msg->payload) . "\r\n\r\n" .
-      $msg->payload;
-
-    if (!fputs($fp, $op, strlen($op))) {
-      $this->errstr="Write error";
-      return 0;
-    }
-    $resp=$msg->parseResponseFile($fp);
-    fclose($fp);
-    return $resp;
-  }
-
-  // contributed by Justin Miller <justin@voxel.net>
-  // requires curl to be built into PHP
-  function sendPayloadHTTPS($msg, $server, $port, $timeout=0,
-      $username="", $password="", $cert="",
-      $certpass="") {
-    global $xmlrpcerr, $xmlrpcstr;
-    if ($port == 0) $port = 443;
-
-    // Only create the payload if it was not created previously
-    if(empty($msg->payload)) $msg->createPayload();
-
-    if (!function_exists("curl_init")) {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcerr["no_ssl"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["no_ssl"]);
-      return $r;
-    }
-
-    $curl = curl_init("https://" . $server . ':' . $port .
-        $this->path);
-
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-    // results into variable
-    if ($this->debug) {
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
-    }
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'PHP XMLRPC 1.0');
-    // required for XMLRPC
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-    // post the data
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $msg->payload);
-    // the data
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
-    // return the header too
-    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: text/xml'));
-    // required for XMLRPC
-    if ($timeout) curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout == 1 ? 1 :
-        $timeout - 1);
-    // timeout is borked
-    if ($username && $password) curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD,
-        "$username:$password");
-    // set auth stuff
-    if ($cert) curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, $cert);
-    // set cert file
-    if ($certpass) curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD,
-        $certpass);
-    // set cert password
-
-    $result = curl_exec($curl);
-
-    if (!$result) {
-      $resp=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-          $xmlrpcerr["curl_fail"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["curl_fail"]. ": ".
-          curl_error($curl));
-    } else {
-      $resp = $msg->parseResponse($result);
-    }
-    curl_close($curl);
-    return $resp;
-  }
-
-} // end class xmlrpc_client
-
-class xmlrpcresp {
-  var $xv;
-  var $fn;
-  var $fs;
-  var $hdrs;
-
-  function xmlrpcresp($val, $fcode=0, $fstr="") {
-    if ($fcode!=0) {
-      $this->xv=0;
-      $this->fn=$fcode;
-      $this->fs=htmlspecialchars($fstr);
-    } else {
-      $this->xv=$val;
-      $this->fn=0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  function faultCode() {
-    if (isset($this->fn))
-      return $this->fn;
-    else
-      return 0;
-  }
-
-  function faultString() { return $this->fs; }
-  function value() { return $this->xv; }
-
-  function serialize() {
-    $rs="<methodResponse>\n";
-    if ($this->fn) {
-      $rs.="<fault>
-        <value>
-        <struct>
-        <member>
-        <name>faultCode</name>
-        <value><int>" . $this->fn . "</int></value>
-        </member>
-        <member>
-        <name>faultString</name>
-        <value><string>" . $this->fs . "</string></value>
-        </member>
-        </struct>
-        </value>
-        </fault>";
-    } else {
-      $rs.="<params>\n<param>\n" . $this->xv->serialize() .
-        "</param>\n</params>";
-    }
-    $rs.="\n</methodResponse>";
-    return $rs;
+function xmlrpc_message_set($value = NULL) {
+  static $xmlrpc_message;
+  if ($value) {
+    $xmlrpc_message = $value;
   }
+  return $xmlrpc_message;
 }
 
-class xmlrpcmsg {
-  var $payload;
-  var $methodname;
-  var $params=array();
-  var $debug=0;
-
-  function xmlrpcmsg($meth, $pars=0) {
-    $this->methodname=$meth;
-    if (is_array($pars) && sizeof($pars)>0) {
-      for($i=0; $i<sizeof($pars); $i++)
-        $this->addParam($pars[$i]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function xml_header() {
-    return "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<methodCall>\n";
-  }
-
-  function xml_footer() {
-    return "</methodCall>\n";
-  }
-
-  function createPayload() {
-    $this->payload=$this->xml_header();
-    $this->payload.="<methodName>" . $this->methodname . "</methodName>\n";
-    //  if (sizeof($this->params)) {
-    $this->payload.="<params>\n";
-    for($i=0; $i<sizeof($this->params); $i++) {
-      $p=$this->params[$i];
-      $this->payload.="<param>\n" . $p->serialize() .
-        "</param>\n";
-    }
-    $this->payload.="</params>\n";
-    // }
-    $this->payload.=$this->xml_footer();
-    $this->payload=str_replace("\n", "\r\n", $this->payload);
-  }
-
-  function method($meth="") {
-    if ($meth!="") {
-      $this->methodname=$meth;
-    }
-    return $this->methodname;
-  }
-
-  function serialize() {
-    $this->createPayload();
-    return $this->payload;
-  }
-
-  function addParam($par) { $this->params[]=$par; }
-  function getParam($i) { return $this->params[$i]; }
-  function getNumParams() { return sizeof($this->params); }
-
-  function parseResponseFile($fp) {
-    $ipd="";
-
-    while($data=fread($fp, 32768)) {
-      $ipd.=$data;
-    }
-    return $this->parseResponse($ipd);
-  }
-
-  function parseResponse($data="") {
-    global $_xh,$xmlrpcerr,$xmlrpcstr;
-
-
-    $xmlparser = drupal_xml_parser_create($data);
-    $parser = (int)$xmlparser;
-
-    $_xh[$parser]=array();
-
-    $_xh[$parser]['st']="";
-    $_xh[$parser]['cm']=0;
-    $_xh[$parser]['isf']=0;
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac']="";
-    $_xh[$parser]['qt']="";
-    $_xh[$parser]['ha']="";
-    $_xh[$parser]['ac']="";
-
-    xml_parser_set_option($xmlparser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, true);
-    xml_set_element_handler($xmlparser, "xmlrpc_se", "xmlrpc_ee");
-    xml_set_character_data_handler($xmlparser, "xmlrpc_cd");
-    xml_set_default_handler($xmlparser, "xmlrpc_dh");
-    $xmlrpc_value=new xmlrpcval;
-
-    if ($this->debug)
-##print "<pre>---GOT---\n" . htmlspecialchars($data) .  "\n---END---\n</pre>";
-##print "<p>---GOT---\n" . nl2br(htmlspecialchars($data)) .  "\n---END---\n</p>";
-      print "<p>---GOT---\n" . nl2br($data) .  "\n---END---\n</p>";
-    if ($data=="") {
-      error_log("No response received from server.");
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcerr["no_data"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["no_data"]);
-      xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
-      return $r;
-    }
-    // see if we got an HTTP 200 OK, else bomb
-    // but only do this if we're using the HTTP protocol.
-    if (ereg("^HTTP",$data) &&
-        !ereg("^HTTP/[0-9\.]+ 200 ", $data)) {
-      $errstr= substr($data, 0, strpos($data, "\n")-1);
-      error_log("HTTP error, got response: " .$errstr);
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcerr["http_error"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["http_error"]. " (" . $errstr . ")");
-      xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
-      return $r;
-    }
-
-    // if using HTTP, then gotta get rid of HTTP headers here
-    // and we store them in the 'ha' bit of our data array
-    if (ereg("^HTTP", $data)) {
-      $ar=explode("\r\n", $data);
-      $newdata="";
-      $hdrfnd=0;
-      for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($ar); $i++) {
-        if (!$hdrfnd) {
-          if (strlen($ar[$i])>0) {
-            $_xh[$parser]['ha'].=$ar[$i]. "\r\n";
-          } else {
-            $hdrfnd=1;
-          }
-        } else {
-          $newdata.=$ar[$i] . "\r\n";
-        }
-      }
-      $data=$newdata;
-    }
+function xmlrpc_message_get() {
+  return xmlrpc_message_set();
+}
 
-    if (!xml_parse($xmlparser, $data, sizeof($data))) {
-      // thanks to Peter Kocks <peter.kocks@baygate.com>
-      if((xml_get_current_line_number($xmlparser)) == 1)
-        $errstr = "XML error at line 1, check URL";
-      else
-        $errstr = sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
-            xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xmlparser)),
-            xml_get_current_line_number($xmlparser));
-      error_log($errstr);
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcerr["invalid_return"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["invalid_return"]);
-      xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
-      return $r;
-    }
-    xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
-    if ($this->debug) {
-      print "<pre>---EVALING---[" .
-        strlen($_xh[$parser]['st']) . " chars]---\n" .
-        htmlspecialchars($_xh[$parser]['st']) . ";\n---END---</pre>";
-    }
-    if (strlen($_xh[$parser]['st'])==0) {
-      // then something odd has happened
-      // and it's time to generate a client side error
-      // indicating something odd went on
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcerr["invalid_return"],
-          $xmlrpcstr["invalid_return"]);
-    } else {
-      eval('$v=' . $_xh[$parser]['st'] . '; $allOK=1;');
-      if ($_xh[$parser]['isf']) {
-        $f=$v->structmem("faultCode");
-        $fs=$v->structmem("faultString");
-        $r=new xmlrpcresp($v, $f->scalarval(),
-            $fs->scalarval());
-      } else {
-        $r=new xmlrpcresp($v);
-      }
-    }
-    $r->hdrs=split("\r?\n", $_xh[$parser]['ha']);
-    return $r;
+function xmlrpc_message_tag_open($parser, $tag, $attr) {
+  $xmlrpc_message = xmlrpc_message_get();
+  $xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents = '';
+  switch($tag) {
+    case 'methodCall':
+    case 'methodResponse':
+    case 'fault':
+      $xmlrpc_message->messagetype = $tag;
+      break;
+    /* Deal with stacks of arrays and structs */
+    case 'data':
+      $xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types[] = 'array';
+      $xmlrpc_message->array_structs[] = array();
+      break;
+    case 'struct':
+      $xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types[] = 'struct';
+      $xmlrpc_message->array_structs[] = array();
+      break;
   }
-
+  xmlrpc_message_set($xmlrpc_message);
 }
 
-class xmlrpcval {
-  var $me=array();
-  var $mytype=0;
+function xmlrpc_message_cdata($parser, $cdata) {
+  $xmlrpc_message = xmlrpc_message_get();
+  $xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents .= $cdata;
+  xmlrpc_message_set($xmlrpc_message);
+}
 
-  function xmlrpcval($val=-1, $type="") {
-    global $xmlrpcTypes;
-    $this->me=array();
-    $this->mytype=0;
-    if ($val!=-1 || $type!="") {
-      if ($type=="") $type="string";
-      if ($xmlrpcTypes[$type]==1) {
-        $this->addScalar($val,$type);
+function xmlrpc_message_tag_close($parser, $tag) {
+  $xmlrpc_message = xmlrpc_message_get();
+  $value_flag = FALSE;
+  switch($tag) {
+    case 'int':
+    case 'i4':
+      $value = (int)trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents);
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'double':
+      $value = (double)trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents);
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'string':
+      $value = $xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents;
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'dateTime.iso8601':
+      $value = xmlrpc_date(trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents));
+      // $value = $iso->getTimestamp();
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'value':
+      // "If no type is indicated, the type is string."
+      if (trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents) != '') {
+        $value = (string)$xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents;
+        $value_flag = TRUE;
       }
-      else if ($xmlrpcTypes[$type]==2)
-        $this->addArray($val);
-      else if ($xmlrpcTypes[$type]==3)
-        $this->addStruct($val);
-    }
+      break;
+    case 'boolean':
+      $value = (boolean)trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents);
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'base64':
+      $value = base64_decode(trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents));
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    /* Deal with stacks of arrays and structs */
+    case 'data':
+    case 'struct':
+      $value = array_pop($xmlrpc_message->array_structs );
+      array_pop($xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types);
+      $value_flag = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'member':
+      array_pop($xmlrpc_message->current_struct_name);
+      break;
+    case 'name':
+      $xmlrpc_message->current_struct_name[] = trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents);
+      break;
+    case 'methodName':
+      $xmlrpc_message->methodname = trim($xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents);
+      break;
   }
-
-  function addScalar($val, $type="string") {
-    global $xmlrpcTypes, $xmlrpcBoolean;
-
-    if ($this->mytype==1) {
-      echo "<strong>xmlrpcval</strong>: scalar can have only one value<br />";
-      return 0;
-    }
-    $typeof=$xmlrpcTypes[$type];
-    if ($typeof!=1) {
-      echo "<strong>xmlrpcval</strong>: not a scalar type (${typeof})<br />";
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-    if ($type==$xmlrpcBoolean) {
-      if (strcasecmp($val,"true")==0 ||
-          $val==1 || ($val==true &&
-            strcasecmp($val,"false"))) {
-        $val=1;
+  if ($value_flag) {
+    if (count($xmlrpc_message->array_structs ) > 0) {
+      // Add value to struct or array
+      if ($xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types[count($xmlrpc_message->array_structs_types)-1] == 'struct') {
+        // Add to struct
+        $xmlrpc_message->array_structs [count($xmlrpc_message->array_structs )-1][$xmlrpc_message->current_struct_name[count($xmlrpc_message->current_struct_name)-1]] = $value;
       } else {
-        $val=0;
+        // Add to array
+        $xmlrpc_message->array_structs [count($xmlrpc_message->array_structs )-1][] = $value;
       }
-    }
-
-    if ($this->mytype==2) {
-      // we're adding to an array here
-      $ar=$this->me["array"];
-      $ar[]=new xmlrpcval($val, $type);
-      $this->me["array"]=$ar;
     } else {
-      // a scalar, so set the value and remember we're scalar
-      $this->me[$type]=$val;
-      $this->mytype=$typeof;
-    }
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  function addArray($vals) {
-    global $xmlrpcTypes;
-    if ($this->mytype!=0) {
-      echo "<strong>xmlrpcval</strong>: already initialized as a [" .
-        $this->kindOf() . "]<br />";
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-    $this->mytype=$xmlrpcTypes["array"];
-    $this->me["array"]=$vals;
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  function addStruct($vals) {
-    global $xmlrpcTypes;
-    if ($this->mytype!=0) {
-      echo "<strong>xmlrpcval</strong>: already initialized as a [" .
-        $this->kindOf() . "]<br />";
-      return 0;
-    }
-    $this->mytype=$xmlrpcTypes["struct"];
-    $this->me["struct"]=$vals;
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  function dump($ar) {
-    reset($ar);
-    while ( list( $key, $val ) = each( $ar ) ) {
-      echo "$key => $val<br />";
-      if ($key == 'array')
-        while ( list( $key2, $val2 ) = each( $val ) ) {
-          echo "-- $key2 => $val2<br />";
-        }
-    }
-  }
-
-  function kindOf() {
-    switch($this->mytype) {
-      case 3:
-        return "struct";
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        return "array";
-        break;
-      case 1:
-        return "scalar";
-        break;
-      default:
-        return "undef";
-    }
-  }
-
-  function serializedata($typ, $val) {
-    $rs="";
-    global $xmlrpcTypes, $xmlrpcBase64, $xmlrpcString,
-    $xmlrpcBoolean;
-    switch($xmlrpcTypes[$typ]) {
-      case 3:
-        // struct
-        $rs.="<struct>\n";
-        reset($val);
-        while(list($key2, $val2)=each($val)) {
-          $rs.="<member><name>${key2}</name>\n";
-          $rs.=$this->serializeval($val2);
-          $rs.="</member>\n";
-        }
-        $rs.="</struct>";
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        // array
-        $rs.="<array>\n<data>\n";
-        for($i=0; $i<sizeof($val); $i++) {
-          $rs.=$this->serializeval($val[$i]);
-        }
-        $rs.="</data>\n</array>";
-        break;
-      case 1:
-        switch ($typ) {
-          case $xmlrpcBase64:
-            $rs.="<${typ}>" . base64_encode($val) . "</${typ}>";
-            break;
-          case $xmlrpcBoolean:
-            $rs.="<${typ}>" . ($val ? "1" : "0") . "</${typ}>";
-            break;
-          case $xmlrpcString:
-            $rs.="<${typ}>" . htmlspecialchars($val). "</${typ}>";
-            break;
-          default:
-            $rs.="<${typ}>${val}</${typ}>";
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        break;
-    }
-    return $rs;
-  }
-
-  function serialize() {
-    return $this->serializeval($this);
-  }
-
-  function serializeval($o) {
-    global $xmlrpcTypes;
-    $rs="";
-    $ar=$o->me;
-    reset($ar);
-    list($typ, $val) = each($ar);
-    $rs.="<value>";
-    $rs.=$this->serializedata($typ, $val);
-    $rs.="</value>\n";
-    return $rs;
-  }
-
-  function structmem($m) {
-    $nv=$this->me["struct"][$m];
-    return $nv;
-  }
-
-  function structreset() {
-    reset($this->me["struct"]);
-  }
-
-  function structeach() {
-    return each($this->me["struct"]);
-  }
-
-  function getval() {
-    // UNSTABLE
-    global $xmlrpcBoolean, $xmlrpcBase64;
-    reset($this->me);
-    list($a,$b)=each($this->me);
-    // contributed by I Sofer, 2001-03-24
-    // add support for nested arrays to scalarval
-    // I've created a new method here, so as to
-    // preserve back compatibility
-
-    if (is_array($b))    {
-      foreach ($b as $id => $cont) {
-        $b[$id] = $cont->scalarval();
-      }
-    }
-
-    // add support for structures directly encoding php objects
-    if (is_object($b))  {
-      $t = get_object_vars($b);
-      foreach ($t as $id => $cont) {
-        $t[$id] = $cont->scalarval();
-      }
-      foreach ($t as $id => $cont) {
-        eval('$b->'.$id.' = $cont;');
-      }
+      // Just add as a paramater
+      $xmlrpc_message->params[] = $value;
     }
-    // end contrib
-    return $b;
   }
-
-  function scalarval() {
-    global $xmlrpcBoolean, $xmlrpcBase64;
-    reset($this->me);
-    list($a,$b)=each($this->me);
-    return $b;
+  if (!in_array($tag, array("data", "struct", "member"))) {
+    $xmlrpc_message->current_tag_contents = '';
   }
+  xmlrpc_message_set($xmlrpc_message);
+}
 
-  function scalartyp() {
-    global $xmlrpcI4, $xmlrpcInt;
-    reset($this->me);
-    list($a,$b)=each($this->me);
-    if ($a==$xmlrpcI4)
-      $a=$xmlrpcInt;
-    return $a;
-  }
+function xmlrpc_request($method, $args) {
+  $xmlrpc_request = new stdClass();
+  $xmlrpc_request->method = $method;
+  $xmlrpc_request->args = $args;
+  $xmlrpc_request->xml = <<<EOD
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<methodCall>
+<methodName>{$xmlrpc_request->method}</methodName>
+<params>
+
+EOD;
+  foreach ($xmlrpc_request->args as $arg) {
+    $xmlrpc_request->xml .= '<param><value>';
+    $v = xmlrpc_value($arg);
+    $xmlrpc_request->xml .= xmlrpc_value_get_xml($v);
+    $xmlrpc_request->xml .= "</value></param>\n";
+  }
+  $xmlrpc_request->xml .= '</params></methodCall>';
+  return $xmlrpc_request;
+}
 
-  function arraymem($m) {
-    $nv=$this->me["array"][$m];
-    return $nv;
-  }
 
-  function arraysize() {
-    reset($this->me);
-    list($a,$b)=each($this->me);
-    return sizeof($b);
+function xmlrpc_error($code = NULL, $message = NULL) {
+  static $xmlrpc_error;
+  if ($code) {
+    $xmlrpc_error = new stdClass();
+    $xmlrpc_error->is_error = TRUE;
+    $xmlrpc_error->code = $code;
+    $xmlrpc_error->message = $message;
   }
+  return $xmlrpc_error;
 }
 
-// date helpers
-function iso8601_encode($timet, $utc=0) {
-  // return an ISO8601 encoded string
-  // really, timezones ought to be supported
-  // but the XML-RPC spec says:
-  //
-  // "Don't assume a timezone. It should be specified by the server in its
-  // documentation what assumptions it makes about timezones."
-  //
-  // these routines always assume localtime unless
-  // $utc is set to 1, in which case UTC is assumed
-  // and an adjustment for locale is made when encoding
-  if (!$utc) {
-    $t=strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", $timet);
-  } else {
-    if (function_exists("gmstrftime"))
-      // gmstrftime doesn't exist in some versions
-      // of PHP
-      $t=gmstrftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", $timet);
-    else {
-      $t=strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", $timet-date("Z"));
-    }
-  }
-  return $t;
+function xmlrpc_error_get_xml($xmlrpc_error) {
+    return <<<EOD
+<methodResponse>
+  <fault>
+  <value>
+    <struct>
+    <member>
+      <name>faultCode</name>
+      <value><int>{$xmlrpc_error->code}</int></value>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+      <name>faultString</name>
+      <value><string>{$xmlrpc_error->message}</string></value>
+    </member>
+    </struct>
+  </value>
+  </fault>
+</methodResponse>
+
+EOD;
 }
 
-function iso8601_decode($idate, $utc=0) {
-  // return a timet in the localtime, or UTC
-  $t=0;
-  if (ereg("([0-9]{4})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})T([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})",
-        $idate, $regs)) {
-    if ($utc) {
-      $t=gmmktime($regs[4], $regs[5], $regs[6], $regs[2], $regs[3], $regs[1]);
-    } else {
-      $t=mktime($regs[4], $regs[5], $regs[6], $regs[2], $regs[3], $regs[1]);
-    }
-  }
-  return $t;
+function xmlrpc_date($time) {
+  $xmlrpc_date = new stdClass();
+  $xmlrpc_date->is_date = TRUE;
+  // $time can be a PHP timestamp or an ISO one
+  if (is_numeric($time)) {
+    $xmlrpc_date->year = date('Y', $time);
+    $xmlrpc_date->month = date('m', $time);
+    $xmlrpc_date->day = date('d', $time);
+    $xmlrpc_date->hour = date('H', $time);
+    $xmlrpc_date->minute = date('i', $time);
+    $xmlrpc_date->second = date('s', $time);
+  }
+  else {
+    $xmlrpc_date->year = substr($time, 0, 4);
+    $xmlrpc_date->month = substr($time, 4, 2);
+    $xmlrpc_date->day = substr($time, 6, 2);
+    $xmlrpc_date->hour = substr($time, 9, 2);
+    $xmlrpc_date->minute = substr($time, 12, 2);
+    $xmlrpc_date->second = substr($time, 15, 2);
+  }
+  return $xmlrpc_date;
 }
 
-/*****************************************************************
- * _xmlrpc_decode takes a message in PHP xmlrpc object format and *
- * translates it into native PHP types.                            *
- *                                                                *
- * author: Dan Libby (dan@libby.com)                              *
- *****************************************************************/
-function _xmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val) {
-  $kind = $xmlrpc_val->kindOf();
-
-  if($kind == "scalar") {
-    return $xmlrpc_val->scalarval();
-  }
-  else if($kind == "array") {
-    $size = $xmlrpc_val->arraysize();
-    $arr = array();
+function xmlrpc_date_get_xml($xmlrpc_date) {
+  return '<dateTime.iso8601>'. $xmlrpc_date->year . $xmlrpc_date->month . $xmlrpc_date->day .'T'. $xmlrpc_date->hour .':'. $xmlrpc_date->minute .':'. $xmlrpc_date->second .'</dateTime.iso8601>';
+}
 
-    for($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++) {
-      $arr[]=_xmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val->arraymem($i));
-    }
-    return $arr;
-  }
-  else if($kind == "struct") {
-    $xmlrpc_val->structreset();
-    $arr = array();
+function xmlrpc_base64($data) {
+  $xmlrpc_base64 = new stdClass();
+  $xmlrpc_base64->is_base64 = TRUE;
+  $xmlrpc_base64->data = $data;
+  return $xmlrpc_base64;
+}
 
-    while(list($key,$value)=$xmlrpc_val->structeach()) {
-      $arr[$key] = _xmlrpc_decode($value);
-    }
-    return $arr;
-  }
+function xmlrpc_base64_get_xml($xmlrpc_base64) {
+  return '<base64>'. base64_encode($xmlrpc_base64->data) .'</base64>';
 }
 
-/****************************************************************
- * _xmlrpc_encode takes native php types and encodes them into   *
- * xmlrpc PHP object format.                                     *
- * BUG: All sequential arrays are turned into structs.  I don't  *
- * know of a good way to determine if an array is sequential     *
- * only.                                                         *
- *                                                               *
- * feature creep -- could support more types via optional type   *
- * argument.                                                     *
- *                                                               *
- * author: Dan Libby (dan@libby.com)                             *
- ****************************************************************/
-function _xmlrpc_encode($php_val) {
-  global $xmlrpcInt;
-  global $xmlrpcDouble;
-  global $xmlrpcString;
-  global $xmlrpcArray;
-  global $xmlrpcStruct;
-  global $xmlrpcBoolean;
+/**
+ * Perform an XML-RPC request.
+ *
+ * @param $url
+ *    An absolute URL of the XML-RPC server
+ * @param $method
+ *    The method to be executed
+ * @param ...
+ *   A variable number of arguments of the method.
+ * @return
+ *   The return value of the method on success or FALSE. On FALSE, see
+ *   xmlrpc_errno() and xmlrpc_error_msg().
+ */
+function xmlrpc() {
+  $args = func_get_args();
+  $url = array_shift($args);
+  $method = array_shift($args);
+  $xmlrpc_request = xmlrpc_request($method, $args);
+//  $request .= "Content-Type: text/xml$r";
+  $result = drupal_http_request($url, array("Content-Type" => "text/xml"), 'POST', $xmlrpc_request->xml);
+  if ($result->code != 200) {
+    xmlrpc_error(-$result->code, $result->error);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  $message = xmlrpc_message($result->data);
+  // Now parse what we've got back
+  if (!xmlrpc_message_parse($message)) {
+    // XML error
+    xmlrpc_error(-32700, t('parse error. not well formed'));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  // Is the message a fault?
+  if ($message->messagetype == 'fault') {
+    xmlrpc_error($message->faultcode, $message->faultstring);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  // Message must be OK
+  return $message->params[0];
+}
 
-  $type = gettype($php_val);
-  $xmlrpc_val = new xmlrpcval;
+/**
+ * Perform multiple calls in one request if possible.
+ *
+ * @param $url
+ *    An absolute URL of the XML-RPC server
+ * @param $calls
+ *    An array of calls. Each call is an array, where the first element
+ *    is the method name, further elements are the arguments.
+ * @return
+ */
+function xmlrpc_multicall() {
+  $args = func_get_args();
+  $url = $args[0];
+  $client = xmlrpc_client_multicall($url);
+  foreach ($args[1] as $call) {
+    $method = array_shift($call);
+    $calls[] = array(
+      'methodName' => $method,
+      'params' => $args
+    );
+  }
+  $result = xmlrpc($url, 'system.multicall', $calls);
+//    $result = xmlrpc_client_multicall_query($client);
+//    $results[$method] = ($result === FALSE) ? xmlrpc_error() : $result;
+//    return $results;
+}
 
-  switch($type) {
-    case "array":
-      case "object":
-      $arr = array();
-    while (list($k,$v) = each($php_val)) {
-      $arr[$k] = _xmlrpc_encode($v);
-    }
-    $xmlrpc_val->addStruct($arr);
-    break;
-    case "integer":
-      $xmlrpc_val->addScalar($php_val, $xmlrpcInt);
-    break;
-    case "double":
-      $xmlrpc_val->addScalar($php_val, $xmlrpcDouble);
-    break;
-    case "string":
-      $xmlrpc_val->addScalar($php_val, $xmlrpcString);
-    break;
-    // <G_Giunta_2001-02-29>
-    // Add support for encoding/decoding of booleans, since they are supported in PHP
-    case "boolean":
-      $xmlrpc_val->addScalar($php_val, $xmlrpcBoolean);
-    break;
-    // </G_Giunta_2001-02-29>
-    case "unknown type":
-    default:
-      // giancarlo pinerolo <ping@alt.it>
-      // it has to return
-      // an empty object in case (which is already
-      // at this point), not a boolean.
-      break;
-  }
-  return $xmlrpc_val;
+/**
+ * Returns the last XML-RPC client error number
+ */
+function xmlrpc_errno() {
+  $error = xmlrpc_error();
+  return $error->code;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the last XML-RPC client error message
+ */
+function xmlrpc_error_msg() {
+  $error = xmlrpc_error();
+  return $error->message;
+}
 ?>
diff --git a/includes/xmlrpcs.inc b/includes/xmlrpcs.inc
index 6c1fe80aa8426a75c50c58215ed4c679cf619e22..f50b3d78821ff8b4a14da0accd1bed9ba9f321c2 100644
--- a/includes/xmlrpcs.inc
+++ b/includes/xmlrpcs.inc
@@ -1,301 +1,285 @@
 <?php
-// by Edd Dumbill (C) 1999-2001
-// <edd@usefulinc.com>
-// $Id$
 
-// Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001 Edd Dumbill.
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-// are met:
-//
-//    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-//      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-//
-//    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-//      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
-//      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
-//      with the distribution.
-//
-//    * Neither the name of the "XML-RPC for PHP" nor the names of its
-//      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-//      from this software without specific prior written permission.
-//
-// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
-// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-// REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
-// INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-// (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-// SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-// HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
-// STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
-// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
-// OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-// XML RPC Server class
-// requires: xmlrpc.inc
+function xmlrpc_server($callbacks) {
+  $xmlrpc_server = new stdClass();
+  $defaults = array(
+    'system.multicall' => 'xmlrpc_server_multicall',
+    array(
+      'system.methodSignature',
+      'xmlrpc_server_method_signature',
+      array('array', 'string'),
+      'Returns an array describing the return type and required parameters of a method'
+    ),
+    array(
+      'system.getCapabilities',
+      'xmlrpc_server_get_capabilities',
+      array('struct'),
+      'Returns a struct describing the XML-RPC specifications supported by this server'
+    ),
+    array(
+      'system.listMethods',
+      'xmlrpc_server_list_methods',
+      array('array'),
+      'Returns an array of available methods on this server'),
+    array(
+      'system.methodHelp',
+      'xmlrpc_server_method_help',
+      array('string', 'string'),
+      'Returns a documentation string for the specified method')
+  );
+  // the order matters in the next line. which is the best?
+  foreach (array_merge($defaults, (array)$callbacks) as $key => $callback) {
+    // we could check for is_array($callback)
+    if (is_int($key)) {
+      $method = $callback[0];
+      $xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$method] = $callback[1];
+      $xmlrpc_server->signatures[$method] = $callback[2];
+      $xmlrpc_server->help[$method] = $callback[3];
+    }
+    else {
+      $xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$key] = $callback;
+      $xmlrpc_server->signatures[$key] = '';
+      $xmlrpc_server->help[$key] = '';
+    }
+  }
 
-// listMethods: either a string, or nothing
-$_xmlrpcs_listMethods_sig=array(array($xmlrpcArray, $xmlrpcString),
-                                array($xmlrpcArray));
-$_xmlrpcs_listMethods_doc='This method lists all the methods that the XML-RPC server knows how to dispatch';
-function _xmlrpcs_listMethods($server, $m) {
-  global $xmlrpcerr, $xmlrpcstr, $_xmlrpcs_dmap;
-  $v=new xmlrpcval();
-  $dmap=$server->dmap;
-  $outAr=array();
-  for(reset($dmap); list($key, $val)=each($dmap); ) {
-    $outAr[]=new xmlrpcval($key, "string");
+  $data = file_get_contents('php://input');
+  if (!data) {
+     die('XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only.');
   }
-  $dmap=$_xmlrpcs_dmap;
-  for(reset($dmap); list($key, $val)=each($dmap); ) {
-    $outAr[]=new xmlrpcval($key, "string");
+  $xmlrpc_server->message = xmlrpc_message($data);
+  if (!xmlrpc_message_parse($xmlrpc_server->message)) {
+    xmlrpc_server_error(-32700, t('parse error. not well formed'));
   }
-  $v->addArray($outAr);
-  return new xmlrpcresp($v);
-}
-
-$_xmlrpcs_methodSignature_sig=array(array($xmlrpcArray, $xmlrpcString));
-$_xmlrpcs_methodSignature_doc='Returns an array of known signatures (an array of arrays) for the method name passed. If no signatures are known, returns a none-array (test for type != array to detect missing signature)';
-function _xmlrpcs_methodSignature($server, $m) {
-  global $xmlrpcerr, $xmlrpcstr, $_xmlrpcs_dmap;
-
-  $methName=$m->getParam(0);
-  $methName=$methName->scalarval();
-  if (ereg("^system\.", $methName)) {
-    $dmap=$_xmlrpcs_dmap; $sysCall=1;
-  } else {
-    $dmap=$server->dmap; $sysCall=0;
+  if ($xmlrpc_server->message->messagetype != 'methodCall') {
+    xmlrpc_server_error(-32600, t('server error. invalid xml-rpc. not conforming to spec. Request must be a method_call'));
   }
-  //  print "<!-- ${methName} -->\n";
-  if (isset($dmap[$methName])) {
-    if ($dmap[$methName]["signature"]) {
-      $sigs=array();
-      $thesigs=$dmap[$methName]["signature"];
-      for($i=0; $i<sizeof($thesigs); $i++) {
-        $cursig=array();
-        $inSig=$thesigs[$i];
-        for($j=0; $j<sizeof($inSig); $j++) {
-          $cursig[]=new xmlrpcval($inSig[$j], "string");
-        }
-        $sigs[]=new xmlrpcval($cursig, "array");
-      }
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($sigs, "array"));
-    } else {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval("undef", "string"));
-    }
-  } else {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-              $xmlrpcerr["introspect_unknown"],
-              $xmlrpcstr["introspect_unknown"]);
+  $result = xmlrpc_server_call($xmlrpc_server, $xmlrpc_server->message->methodname, $xmlrpc_server->message->params);
+  // Is the result an error?
+  if ($result->is_error) {
+    xmlrpc_server_error($result);
   }
-  return $r;
-}
+  // Encode the result
+  $r = xmlrpc_value($result);
+  // Create the XML
+  $xml = '
+<methodResponse>
+  <params>
+  <param>
+    <value>'.
+    xmlrpc_value_get_xml($r)
+    .'</value>
+  </param>
+  </params>
+</methodResponse>
 
-$_xmlrpcs_methodHelp_sig=array(array($xmlrpcString, $xmlrpcString));
-$_xmlrpcs_methodHelp_doc='Returns help text if defined for the method passed, otherwise returns an empty string';
-function _xmlrpcs_methodHelp($server, $m) {
-  global $xmlrpcerr, $xmlrpcstr, $_xmlrpcs_dmap;
+';
+  // Send it
+  xmlrpc_server_output($xml);
+}
 
-  $methName=$m->getParam(0);
-  $methName=$methName->scalarval();
-  if (ereg("^system\.", $methName)) {
-    $dmap=$_xmlrpcs_dmap; $sysCall=1;
-  } else {
-    $dmap=$server->dmap; $sysCall=0;
-  }
-  //  print "<!-- ${methName} -->\n";
-  if (isset($dmap[$methName])) {
-    if ($dmap[$methName]["docstring"]) {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($dmap[$methName]["docstring"]),
-                        "string");
-    } else {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval("", "string"));
-    }
-  } else {
-      $r=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-              $xmlrpcerr["introspect_unknown"],
-              $xmlrpcstr["introspect_unknown"]);
+function xmlrpc_server_error($error, $message = false) {
+  // Accepts either an error object or an error code and message
+  if ($message && !is_object($error)) {
+    $error = xmlrpc_error($error, $message);
   }
-  return $r;
+  xmlrpc_server_output(xmlrpc_error_get_xml($error));
 }
 
-$_xmlrpcs_dmap=array(
-                     "system.listMethods" =>
-                     array("function" => "_xmlrpcs_listMethods",
-                           "signature" => $_xmlrpcs_listMethods_sig,
-                           "docstring" => $_xmlrpcs_listMethods_doc),
-                     "system.methodHelp" =>
-                     array("function" => "_xmlrpcs_methodHelp",
-                           "signature" => $_xmlrpcs_methodHelp_sig,
-                           "docstring" => $_xmlrpcs_methodHelp_doc),
-                     "system.methodSignature" =>
-                     array("function" => "_xmlrpcs_methodSignature",
-                           "signature" => $_xmlrpcs_methodSignature_sig,
-                           "docstring" => $_xmlrpcs_methodSignature_doc)
-                     );
-
-$_xmlrpc_debuginfo="";
-function xmlrpc_debugmsg($m) {
-  global $_xmlrpc_debuginfo;
-  $_xmlrpc_debuginfo=$_xmlrpc_debuginfo . $m . "\n";
+function xmlrpc_server_output($xml) {
+  $xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?>'."\n". $xml;
+  header('Connection: close');
+  header('Content-Length: '. strlen($xml));
+  header('Content-Type: text/xml');
+  header('Date: '.date('r'));
+  echo $xml;
+  exit;
 }
 
-class xmlrpc_server {
-  var $dmap=array();
-
-  function xmlrpc_server($dispMap, $serviceNow=1) {
-    // dispMap is a despatch array of methods
-    // mapped to function names and signatures
-    // if a method
-    // doesn't appear in the map then an unknown
-    // method error is generated
-    $this->dmap=$dispMap;
-    if ($serviceNow) {
-      $this->service();
-    }
-  }
+function xmlrpc_server_list_methods() {
+  $xmlrpc_server = xmlrpc_server_get();
+  return array_keys($xmlrpc_server->callbacks);
+}
 
-  function serializeDebug() {
-    global $_xmlrpc_debuginfo;
-    if ($_xmlrpc_debuginfo!="")
-      return "<!-- DEBUG INFO:\n\n" .
-        $_xmlrpc_debuginfo . "\n-->\n";
-    else
-      return "";
+function xmlrpc_server_set($xmlrpc_server = NULL) {
+  static $server;
+  if (!isset($server)) {
+    $server = $xmlrpc_server;
   }
+  return $server;
+}
 
-  function service() {
-    $r=$this->parseRequest();
-    $payload="<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n" .
-      $this->serializeDebug() .
-      $r->serialize();
-    Header("Content-Type: text/xml\r\nContent-Length: " .
-           strlen($payload));
-    print $payload;
-  }
+function xmlrpc_server_get() {
+  return xmlrpc_server_set();
+}
 
-  function verifySignature($in, $sig) {
-    for($i=0; $i<sizeof($sig); $i++) {
-      // check each possible signature in turn
-      $cursig=$sig[$i];
-      if (sizeof($cursig)==$in->getNumParams()+1) {
-        $itsOK=1;
-        for($n=0; $n<$in->getNumParams(); $n++) {
-          $p=$in->getParam($n);
-          // print "<!-- $p -->\n";
-          if ($p->kindOf() == "scalar") {
-            $pt=$p->scalartyp();
-          } else {
-            $pt=$p->kindOf();
-          }
-          // $n+1 as first type of sig is return type
-          if ($pt != $cursig[$n+1]) {
-            $itsOK=0;
-            $pno=$n+1; $wanted=$cursig[$n+1]; $got=$pt;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      if ($itsOK)
-        return array(1);
-      }
+function xmlrpc_server_multicall($xmlrpc_server, $methodcalls) {
+  // See http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$1208
+  $return = array();
+  foreach ($methodcalls as $call) {
+    $method = $call['methodName'];
+    $params = $call['params'];
+    if ($method == 'system.multicall') {
+      $result = xmlrpc_error(-32600, t('Recursive calls to system.multicall are forbidden'));
+    } else {
+      $result = xmlrpc_server_call($xmlrpc_server, $method, $params);
+    }
+    if ($result->is_error) {
+      $return[] = array(
+        'faultCode' => $result->code,
+        'faultString' => $result->message
+      );
+    } else {
+      $return[] = array($result);
     }
-    return array(0, "Wanted ${wanted}, got ${got} at param ${pno})");
   }
+  return $return;
+}
 
-  function parseRequest($data="") {
-  global $_xh;
-  global $xmlrpcerr, $xmlrpcstr, $xmlrpcerrxml, $_xmlrpcs_dmap;
 
+function xmlrpc_server_get_capabilities() {
+  return array(
+    'xmlrpc' => array(
+      'specUrl' => 'http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec',
+      'specVersion' => 1
+    ),
+    'faults_interop' => array(
+      'specUrl' => 'http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/specs/rfc.fault_codes.php',
+      'specVersion' => 20010516
+    ),
+    'system.multicall' => array(
+      'specUrl' => 'http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$1208',
+      'specVersion' => 1
+    ),
+    'introspection' => array(
+    'specUrl' => 'http://xmlrpc.usefulinc.com/doc/reserved.html',
+    'specVersion' => 1
+    )
+  );
+}
 
 
-  if ($data=="") {
-    $data=$GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"];
+function xmlrpc_server_call($xmlrpc_server, $methodname, $args) {
+  // Make sure it's in an array
+  if ($args && !is_array($args)) {
+    $args = array($args);
   }
-  $parser = drupal_xml_parser_create($data);
-
-  $_xh[$parser]=array();
-  $_xh[$parser]['st']="";
-  $_xh[$parser]['cm']=0;
-  $_xh[$parser]['isf']=0;
-  $_xh[$parser]['params']=array();
-  $_xh[$parser]['method']="";
-
-  // decompose incoming XML into request structure
+  // Over-rides default call method, adds signature check
+  if (!isset($xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$methodname])) {
+    return xmlrpc_error(-32601, t('server error. requested method %methodname not specified.',array("%methodname" => $xmlrpc_server->message->methodname)));
+  }
+  $method = $xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$methodname];
+  $signature = $xmlrpc_server->signatures[$methodname];
 
-  xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, true);
-  xml_set_element_handler($parser, "xmlrpc_se", "xmlrpc_ee");
-  xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, "xmlrpc_cd");
-  xml_set_default_handler($parser, "xmlrpc_dh");
-  if (!xml_parse($parser, $data, 1)) {
-    // return XML error as a faultCode
-    $r=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-            $xmlrpcerrxml+xml_get_error_code($parser),
-            sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
-          xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)),
-          xml_get_current_line_number($parser)));
-    xml_parser_free($parser);
-  } else {
-    xml_parser_free($parser);
-    $m=new xmlrpcmsg($_xh[$parser]['method']);
-    // now add parameters in
-    $plist="";
-    for($i=0; $i<sizeof($_xh[$parser]['params']); $i++) {
-      //print "<!-- " . $_xh[$parser]['params'][$i]. "-->\n";
-      $plist.="$i - " .  $_xh[$parser]['params'][$i]. " \n";
-      $m->addParam(eval('return '. $_xh[$parser]['params'][$i] .';'));
-    }
-    // uncomment this to really see what the server's getting!
-    // xmlrpc_debugmsg($plist);
-    // now to deal with the method
-    $methName=$_xh[$parser]['method'];
-    if (ereg("^system\.", $methName)) {
-      $dmap=$_xmlrpcs_dmap; $sysCall=1;
-    } else {
-      $dmap=$this->dmap; $sysCall=0;
+  $ok = true;
+  if (is_array($signature)) {
+    $return_type = array_shift($signature);
+    // Check the number of arguments
+    if (count($args) != count($signature)) {
+      return xmlrpc_error(-32602, t('server error. wrong number of method parameters'));
     }
-    if (isset($dmap[$methName]['function'])) {
-      // dispatch if exists
-      if (isset($dmap[$methName]['signature'])) {
-        $sr=$this->verifySignature($m,
-                                  $dmap[$methName]['signature'] );
+    // Check the argument types
+    foreach ($signature as $key => $type) {
+      $arg = $args[$key];
+      switch ($type) {
+        case 'int':
+        case 'i4':
+          if (is_array($arg) || !is_int($arg)) {
+            $ok = false;
+          }
+          break;
+        case 'base64':
+        case 'string':
+          if (!is_string($arg)) {
+            $ok = false;
+          }
+          break;
+        case 'boolean':
+          if ($arg !== false && $arg !== true) {
+            $ok = false;
+          }
+          break;
+        case 'float':
+        case 'double':
+          if (!is_float($arg)) {
+            $ok = false;
+          }
+          break;
+        case 'date':
+        case 'dateTime.iso8601':
+          if (!$arg->is_date) {
+            $ok = false;
+          }
+          break;
       }
-      if ( (!isset($dmap[$methName]['signature']))
-           || $sr[0]) {
-        $f = $dmap[$methName]['function'];
-        // if no signature or correct signature
-        if ($sysCall) {
-          $r = $f($this, $m);
-        } else {
-          $r = $f($m);
-        }
-      } else {
-        $r=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-              $xmlrpcerr["incorrect_params"],
-              $xmlrpcstr["incorrect_params"].": ". $sr[1]);
+      if (!$ok) {
+        return xmlrpc_error(-32602, t('server error. invalid method parameters'));
       }
-    } else {
-    // else prepare error response
-    $r=new xmlrpcresp(0,
-              $xmlrpcerr["unknown_method"],
-              $xmlrpcstr["unknown_method"]);
     }
   }
-  return $r;
+  // It passed the test - run the "real" method call
+  if (!isset($xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$methodname])) {
+    return xmlrpc_error(-32601, t('server error. requested method %methodname does not exist.',array("%methodname" => $methodname)));
   }
 
-  function echoInput() {
-
-  // a debugging routine: just echos back the input
-  // packet as a string value
+  $method = $xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$methodname];
+  // Perform the callback and send the response
+/*
+  if (count($args) == 1) {
+    // If only one paramater just send that instead of the whole array
+    $args = $args[0];
+  }
+*/
+  if (!function_exists($method)) {
+    return xmlrpc_error(-32601, t('server error. requested function %method does not exist.', array("%method" => $method)));
+  }
+  // Call the function
+  return call_user_func_array($method, $args);
+}
 
-  $r=new xmlrpcresp;
-  $r->xv=new xmlrpcval( "'Aha said I: '" . $GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"], "string");
-  print $r->serialize();
+function xmlrpc_server_method_signature($xmlrpc_server, $methodname) {
+  if (!isset($xmlrpc_server->callbacks[$methodname])) {
+    return xmlrpc_error(-32601, t('server error. requested method %methodname not specified.', array("%methodname" => $methodname)));
+  }
+  if (!is_array($xmlrpc_server->signature[$methodname])) {
+    return xmlrpc_error(-32601, t('server error. requested method %methodname signature not specified.', array("%methodname" => $methodname)));
+  }
+  // We should be returning an array of types
+  $return = array();
+  foreach ($xmlrpc_server->signatures[$methodname] as $type) {
+    switch ($type) {
+      case 'string':
+        $return[] = 'string';
+        break;
+      case 'int':
+      case 'i4':
+        $return[] = 42;
+        break;
+      case 'double':
+        $return[] = 3.1415;
+        break;
+      case 'dateTime.iso8601':
+        $return[] = xmlrpc_date(time());
+        break;
+      case 'boolean':
+        $return[] = true;
+        break;
+      case 'base64':
+        $return[] =xmlrpc_base64('base64');
+        break;
+      case 'array':
+        $return[] = array('array');
+        break;
+      case 'struct':
+        $return[] = array('struct' => 'struct');
+        break;
+    }
   }
+  return $return;
+}
+
+function xmlrpc_server_method_help($xmlrpc_server, $method) {
+  return $xmlrpc_server->help[$method];
 }
 
-?>
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/blogapi.module b/modules/blogapi.module
index a6c73a0d793e7a05fb1b2ecdb5b11275112c2d22..3fe48489ea6a49ed082d187f07880e5bc84c5ea7 100644
--- a/modules/blogapi.module
+++ b/modules/blogapi.module
@@ -22,53 +22,123 @@ function blogapi_help($section) {
  * Implementation of hook_xmlrpc().
  */
 function blogapi_xmlrpc() {
-  $methods = array('blogger.getUsersBlogs' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_users_blogs'),
-                   'blogger.getUserInfo' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_user_info'),
-                   'blogger.newPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_post'),
-                   'blogger.editPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_edit_post'),
-                   'blogger.deletePost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_delete_post'),
-                   'blogger.getRecentPosts' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_posts'),
-                   'metaWeblog.newPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.editPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_edit_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.newMediaObject' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_media_object'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_category_list'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getRecentPosts' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_posts'),
-                   'mt.getRecentPostTitles' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_post_titles'),
-                   'mt.getCategoryList' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_category_list'),
-                   'mt.getPostCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_post_categories'),
-                   'mt.setPostCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_set_post_categories'),
-                   'mt.supportedMethods' => array('function' => 'blogapi_supported_methods'),
-                   'mt.supportedTextFilters' => array('function' => 'blogapi_supported_text_filters'),
-                   'mt.getTrackbackPings' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_trackback_pings'),
-                   'mt.publishPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_publish_post')
-                   );
-
-  return $methods;
+  return array(
+    array(
+      'blogger.getUsersBlogs',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_users_blogs',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of weblogs to which an author has posting privileges.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.getUserInfo',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_user_info',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns information about an author in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.newPost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_new_post',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Creates a new post, and optionally publishes it.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.editPost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_edit_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Updates the information about an existing post.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.deletePost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_delete_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Deletes a post.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.getRecentPosts',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.newPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_new_post',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct', 'boolean'),
+      t('Creates a new post, and optionally publishes it.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.editPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_edit_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct', 'boolean'),
+      t('Updates information about an existing post.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_post',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns information about a specific post.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.newMediaObject',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct'),
+      t('Uploads a file to your webserver.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getCategories',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories to which the post is assigned.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getRecentPosts',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_recent_posts',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getRecentPostTitles',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_recent_post_titles',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a bandwidth-friendly list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getCategoryList',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_category_list',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories defined in the weblog.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getPostCategories',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_post_categories',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories to which the post is assigned.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.setPostCategories',
+      'blogapi_mt_set_post_categories',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'array'),
+      t('Sets the categories for a post.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.supportedMethods',
+      'xmlrpc_server_list_methods',
+      array('array'),
+      t('Retrieve information about the XML-RPC methods supported by the server.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.supportedTextFilters',
+      'blogapi_mt_supported_text_filters',
+      array('array'),
+      t('Retrieve information about the text formatting plugins supported by the server.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getTrackbackPings',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_trackback_pings',
+      array('array', 'string'),
+      t('Retrieve the list of TrackBack pings posted to a particular entry. This could be used to programmatically retrieve the list of pings for a particular entry, then iterate through each of those pings doing the same, until one has built up a graph of the web of entries referencing one another on a particular topic.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.publishPost',
+      'blogap_mti_publish_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Publish (rebuild) all of the static files related to an entry from your weblog. Equivalent to saving an entry in the system (but without the ping).')));
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Finds the URL of a user's blog.
  */
-function blogapi_get_users_blogs($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  // Remove unused appkey from bloggerAPI.
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
 
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_get_users_blogs() {
+
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if ($user->uid) {
     $types = _blogapi_get_node_types();
     $structs = array();
     foreach ($types as $type) {
-      $structs[] = new xmlrpcval(array('url' => new xmlrpcval(url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true)),
-                                      'blogid' => new xmlrpcval($type, 'string'),
-                                      'blogName' => new xmlrpcval($user->name . ": " . $type)),
-                            'struct');
+      $structs[] = array('url' => url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true), 'blogid' => $type, 'blogName' => $user->name . ": " . $type);
     }
-    $resp = new xmlrpcval($structs, 'array');
-    return new xmlrpcresp($resp);
+    return $structs;
   }
   else {
     return blogapi_error($user);
@@ -78,21 +148,18 @@ function blogapi_get_users_blogs($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns profile information about a user.
  */
-function blogapi_get_user_info($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_get_user_info($appkey, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
 
   if ($user->uid) {
     $name = explode(' ', $user->realname ? $user->realname : $user->name, 2);
-    $struct = new xmlrpcval(array('userid' => new xmlrpcval($user->uid, 'string'),
-                                  'lastname' => new xmlrpcval($name[1], 'string'),
-                                  'firstname' => new xmlrpcval($name[0], 'string'),
-                                  'nickname' => new xmlrpcval($user->name, 'string'),
-                                  'email' => new xmlrpcval($user->mail, 'string'),
-                                  'url' => new xmlrpcval(url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true), 'string')),
-                            'struct');
-    return new xmlrpcresp($struct);
+    return array(
+      'userid' => $user->uid,
+      'lastname' => $name[1],
+      'firstname' => $name[0],
+      'nickname' => $user->name,
+      'email' => $user->mail,
+      'url' => url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true));
   }
   else {
     return blogapi_error($user);
@@ -102,21 +169,14 @@ function blogapi_get_user_info($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Inserts a new blog post as a node.
  */
-function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  // Remove unused appkey from bloggerAPI.
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_new_post($appkey, $blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
   $edit = array();
-  $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
+  $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
   // get the node type defaults
   $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array('status', 'promote'));
   $edit['uid'] = $user->uid;
@@ -126,17 +186,17 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $edit['moderate'] = in_array('moderate', $node_type_default);
   $edit['revision'] = in_array('revision', $node_type_default);
   $edit['format'] = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
-  $edit['status'] = $params[4];
+  $edit['status'] = $publish;
 
   // check for bloggerAPI vs. metaWeblogAPI
-  if (is_array($params[3])) {
-    $edit['title'] = $params[3]['title'];
-    $edit['body'] = $params[3]['description'];
-    _blogapi_mt_extra($edit, $params[3]);
+  if (is_array($content)) {
+    $edit['title'] = $content['title'];
+    $edit['body'] = $content['description'];
+    _blogapi_mt_extra($edit, $content);
   }
   else {
-    $edit['title'] = blogapi_blogger_title($params[3]);
-    $edit['body'] = $params[3];
+    $edit['title'] = blogapi_blogger_title($content);
+    $edit['body'] = $content;
   }
 
   if (!valid_input_data($edit['title'], $edit['body'])) {
@@ -156,7 +216,7 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $nid = node_save($node);
   if ($nid) {
     watchdog('content', t('%type: added %title using blog API.', array('%type' => '<em>'. t($node->type) .'</em>', '%title' => theme('placeholder', $node->title))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), "node/$nid"));
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($nid, 'string'));
+    return $nid;
   }
 
   return blogapi_error(t('Error storing post.'));
@@ -165,19 +225,15 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Modifies the specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
+function blogapi_blogger_edit_post($appkey, $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
 
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
 
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
   if (!$node) {
     return blogapi_error(message_na());
   }
@@ -188,20 +244,20 @@ function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
     return blogapi_error(message_access());
   }
 
-  $node->status = $params[4];
+  $node->status = $publish;
 
   // check for bloggerAPI vs. metaWeblogAPI
-  if (is_array($params[3])) {
-    $node->title = $params[3]['title'];
-    $node->body = $params[3]['description'];
-    _blogapi_mt_extra($node, $params[3]);
+  if (is_array($content)) {
+    $node->title = $content['title'];
+    $node->body = $content['description'];
+    _blogapi_mt_extra($node, $content);
   }
   else {
-    $node->title = blogapi_blogger_title($params[3]);
-    $node->body = $params[3];
+    $node->title = blogapi_blogger_title($content);
+    $node->body = $content;
   }
 
-  if (!valid_input_data($title, $body)) {
+  if (!valid_input_data($node->title, $node->body)) {
     return blogapi_error(t('Terminated request because of suspicious input data.'));
   }
 
@@ -218,57 +274,78 @@ function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
   $nid = node_save($node);
   if ($nid) {
     watchdog('content', t('%type: updated %title using blog API.', array('%type' => '<em>'. t($node->type) .'</em>', '%title' => theme('placeholder', $node->title))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), "node/$nid"));
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
+    return true;
   }
 
   return blogapi_error(t('Error storing post.'));
 }
 
 /**
- * Blogging API callback. Returns a specified blog node.
+ * Blogging API callback. Removes the specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_delete_post($appkey, $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+  node_delete(array('nid' => $postid, 'confirm' => 1));
+  return true;
+}
 
-  $blog = _blogapi_get_post($node, true);
+/**
+ * Blogging API callback. Returns the latest few postings in a user's blog. $bodies TRUE
+ * <a href="http://movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_programmatic.html#item_mt%2EgetRecentPostTitles">
+ * returns a bandwidth-friendly list</a>.
+ */
+function blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts($appkey, $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, $bodies = TRUE) {
+  // Remove unused appkey (from bloggerAPI).
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
+  if (!$user->uid) {
+    return blogapi_error($user);
+  }
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp($blog);
+  $type = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
+  $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.nid, n.title,'. ($bodies ? ' n.body,' : '') ." n.created, u.name FROM {node} n, {users} u WHERE n.uid=u.uid AND n.type = '%s' AND n.uid = %d ORDER BY n.created DESC", $type, $user->uid, 0, $number_of_posts);
+  while ($blog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+    $blogs[] = _blogapi_get_post($blog, $bodies);
+  }
+  return $blogs;
+}
+
+function blogapi_metaweblog_new_post($blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_new_post('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish);
+}
+
+function blogapi_metaweblog_edit_post($postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_edit_post('0123456789ABCDEF', $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish);
 }
 
 /**
- * Blogging API callback. Removes the specified blog node.
+ * Blogging API callback. Returns a specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_delete_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[2], $params[3]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_get_post($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $ret = node_delete(array('nid' => $params[1], 'confirm' => 1));
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
+
+  return _blogapi_get_post($node, true);
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Inserts a file into Drupal.
  */
-function blogapi_new_media_object($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object($blogid, $username, $password, $file) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $name = basename($params[3]['name']);
-  $data = $params[3]['bits'];
+  $name = basename($file['name']);
+  $data = $file['bits'];
 
   if (!$data) {
     return blogapi_error(t('No file sent.'));
@@ -279,17 +356,14 @@ function blogapi_new_media_object($req_params) {
   }
 
   // Return the successful result.
-  $result = new xmlrpcval(array('url' => new xmlrpcval(file_create_url($file), 'string')), 'struct');
-  return new xmlrpcresp($result);
+  return array('url' => file_create_url($file));
 }
-
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns a list of the taxonomy terms that can be
  * associated with a blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_category_list($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $type = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password) {
+  $type = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
   $vocabularies = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_vocabularies', $type, 'vid');
   $categories = array();
   if ($vocabularies) {
@@ -300,140 +374,102 @@ function blogapi_get_category_list($req_params) {
         foreach (module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_parents', $term->tid, 'tid') as $parent) {
           $term_name = $parent->name . '/' . $term_name;
         }
-        $categories[] = new xmlrpcval(array('categoryName' => new xmlrpcval($term_name, 'string'),
-                                            'categoryId' => new xmlrpcval($term->tid, 'string')),
-                                      'struct');
+        $categories[] = array('categoryName' => $term_name, 'categoryId' => $term->tid);
       }
     }
   }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($categories, 'array'));
+  return $categories;
+}
+
+function blogai_metaweblog_get_recent_posts($blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, TRUE);
+}
+
+// see above
+function blogapi_mt_get_recent_post_titles($blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, FALSE);
+}
+
+/* **** */
+function blogapi_mt_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password) {
+  return blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password);
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns a list of the taxonomy terms that are
  * assigned to a particular node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_post_categories($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_mt_get_post_categories($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $terms = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_get_terms', $params[0], 'tid');
+  $terms = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_get_terms', $postid, 'tid');
   $categories = array();
   foreach ($terms as $term) {
     $term_name = $term->name;
     foreach (module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_parents', $term->tid, 'tid') as $parent) {
       $term_name = $parent->name . '/' . $term_name;
     }
-    $categories[] = new xmlrpcval(array('categoryName' => new xmlrpcval($term_name, 'string'),
-                                        'categoryId' => new xmlrpcval($term->tid, 'string'),
-                                        'isPrimary' => new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean')),
-                                  'struct');
+    $categories[] = array('categoryName' => $term_name, 'categoryId' => $term->tid, 'isPrimary' => true);
   }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($categories, 'array'));
+  return $categories;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Assigns taxonomy terms to a particular node.
  */
-function blogapi_set_post_categories($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_mt_set_post_categories($postid, $username, $password, $categories) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $nid = $params[0];
+  $nid = $postid;
   $terms = array();
-  foreach ($params[3] as $category) {
+  foreach ($categories as $category) {
     $terms[] = $category['categoryId']->scalarval();
   }
   module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_save', $nid, $terms);
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
-}
-
-/**
- * Blogging API callback. Returns the latest few postings in a user's blog. $bodies TRUE
- * <a href="http://movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_programmatic.html#item_mt%2EgetRecentPostTitles">
- * returns a bandwidth-friendly list</a>.
- */
-function blogapi_get_recent_posts($req_params, $bodies = TRUE) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  // Remove unused appkey (from bloggerAPI).
-  if (count($params) == 5) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
-  if (!$user->uid) {
-    return blogapi_error($user);
-  }
-
-  $type = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
-  $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.nid, n.title,'. ($bodies ? ' n.body,' : '') ." n.created, u.name FROM {node} n, {users} u WHERE n.uid=u.uid AND n.type = '%s' AND n.uid = %d ORDER BY n.created DESC",  $type, $user->uid, 0, $params[3]);
-  while ($blog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $xmlrpcval = _blogapi_get_post($blog, $bodies);
-    $blogs[] = $xmlrpcval;
-  }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($blogs, 'array'));
-}
-
-// see above
-function blogapi_get_recent_post_titles($req_params) {
-  return blogapi_get_recent_posts($req_params, TRUE);
-}
-
-/**
- * Blogging API callback. Sends a list of supported methods to the client.
- */
-function blogapi_supported_methods($req_params) {
-  $methods = array_keys(blogapi_xmlrpc());
-
-  $output = array();
-  foreach ($methods as $method) {
-    $output[] = new xmlrpcval($method, 'string');
-  }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($output, 'array'));
+  return true;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Sends a list of available input formats.
  */
-function blogapi_supported_text_filters($req_params) {
-  global $user;
-
+function blogapi_mt_supported_text_filters() {
   // NOTE: we're only using anonymous' formats because the MT spec
   // does not allow for per-user formats.
   $formats = filter_formats();
 
   $filters = array();
   foreach ($formats as $format) {
-    $filter['key'] = new xmlrpcval($format->format, 'string');
-    $filter['label'] = new xmlrpcval($format->name, 'string');
-    $filters[] = new xmlrpcval($filter, 'struct');
+    $filter['key'] = $format->format;
+    $filter['label'] = $format->name;
+    $filters[] = $filter;
   }
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($filters, 'array'));
+  return $filters;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Can not be implemented without support from
  * trackback module.
  */
-function blogapi_get_trackback_pings($req_params) {
+function blogapi_mt_get_trackback_pings() {
   return blogapi_error(t('Not implemented.'));
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Publishes the given node
  */
-function blogapi_publish_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+function blogap_mti_publish_post($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
+  if (!$user->uid) {
+    return blogapi_error($user);
+  }
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
   if (!$node) {
     return blogapi_error(t('Invalid post.'));
   }
@@ -445,38 +481,21 @@ function blogapi_publish_post($req_params) {
 
   node_save($node);
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Process the parameters to an XMLRPC callback, and return them as an array.
- */
-function blogapi_convert($params) {
-  $cparams = array();
-  $num_params= $params->getNumParams();
-
-  for ($i = 0; $i < $num_params; $i++) {
-    $sn = $params->getParam($i);
-    $cparams[] = $sn->getval();
-  }
-
-  return $cparams;
+  return true;
 }
 
 /**
  * Prepare an error message for returning to the XMLRPC caller.
  */
 function blogapi_error($message) {
-  global $xmlrpcusererr;
-
+  static $xmlrpcusererr;
   if (!is_array($message)) {
     $message = array($message);
   }
 
   $message = implode(' ', $message);
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcusererr + 1, strip_tags($message));
+  return xmlrpc_error($xmlrpcusererr + 1, strip_tags($message));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -651,12 +670,12 @@ function _blogapi_mt_extra(&$node, $struct) {
 
 function _blogapi_get_post($node, $bodies = true) {
   $xmlrpcval = array (
-    'userid' => new xmlrpcval($node->name, 'string'),
-    'dateCreated' => new xmlrpcval(iso8601_encode($node->created), 'dateTime.iso8601'),
-    'title' => new xmlrpcval($node->title, 'string'),
-    'postid' => new xmlrpcval($node->nid, 'string'),
-    'link' => new xmlrpcval(url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true)),
-    'permaLink' => new xmlrpcval(url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true)),
+    'userid' => $node->name,
+    'dateCreated' => xmlrpc_date($node->created),
+    'title' => $node->title,
+    'postid' => $node->nid,
+    'link' => url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true),
+    'permaLink' => url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true),
   );
   if ($bodies) {
     if ($node->comment = 1) {
@@ -666,14 +685,14 @@ function _blogapi_get_post($node, $bodies = true) {
       $comment = 1;
     }
 
-    $xmlrpcval['content'] = new xmlrpcval("<title>$blog->title</title>$node->body", 'string');
-    $xmlrpcval['description'] = new xmlrpcval($node->body, 'string');
+    $xmlrpcval['content'] = "<title>$node->title</title>$node->body";
+    $xmlrpcval['description'] = $node->body;
     // Add MT specific fields
-    $xmlrpcval['mt_allow_comments'] = new xmlrpcval($comment, 'int');
-    $xmlrpcval['mt_convert_breaks'] = new xmlrpcval($node->format, 'string');
+    $xmlrpcval['mt_allow_comments'] = $comment;
+    $xmlrpcval['mt_convert_breaks'] = $node->format;
   }
 
-  return new xmlrpcval($xmlrpcval, 'struct');
+  return $xmlrpcval;
 }
 
 function _blogapi_blogid($id) {
diff --git a/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module b/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
index a6c73a0d793e7a05fb1b2ecdb5b11275112c2d22..3fe48489ea6a49ed082d187f07880e5bc84c5ea7 100644
--- a/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
+++ b/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
@@ -22,53 +22,123 @@ function blogapi_help($section) {
  * Implementation of hook_xmlrpc().
  */
 function blogapi_xmlrpc() {
-  $methods = array('blogger.getUsersBlogs' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_users_blogs'),
-                   'blogger.getUserInfo' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_user_info'),
-                   'blogger.newPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_post'),
-                   'blogger.editPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_edit_post'),
-                   'blogger.deletePost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_delete_post'),
-                   'blogger.getRecentPosts' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_posts'),
-                   'metaWeblog.newPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.editPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_edit_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_post'),
-                   'metaWeblog.newMediaObject' => array('function' => 'blogapi_new_media_object'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_category_list'),
-                   'metaWeblog.getRecentPosts' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_posts'),
-                   'mt.getRecentPostTitles' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_recent_post_titles'),
-                   'mt.getCategoryList' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_category_list'),
-                   'mt.getPostCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_post_categories'),
-                   'mt.setPostCategories' => array('function' => 'blogapi_set_post_categories'),
-                   'mt.supportedMethods' => array('function' => 'blogapi_supported_methods'),
-                   'mt.supportedTextFilters' => array('function' => 'blogapi_supported_text_filters'),
-                   'mt.getTrackbackPings' => array('function' => 'blogapi_get_trackback_pings'),
-                   'mt.publishPost' => array('function' => 'blogapi_publish_post')
-                   );
-
-  return $methods;
+  return array(
+    array(
+      'blogger.getUsersBlogs',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_users_blogs',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of weblogs to which an author has posting privileges.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.getUserInfo',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_user_info',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns information about an author in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.newPost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_new_post',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Creates a new post, and optionally publishes it.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.editPost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_edit_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Updates the information about an existing post.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.deletePost',
+      'blogapi_blogger_delete_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'boolean'),
+      t('Deletes a post.')),
+    array(
+      'blogger.getRecentPosts',
+      'blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.newPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_new_post',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct', 'boolean'),
+      t('Creates a new post, and optionally publishes it.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.editPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_edit_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct', 'boolean'),
+      t('Updates information about an existing post.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getPost',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_post',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns information about a specific post.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.newMediaObject',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object',
+      array('string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'struct'),
+      t('Uploads a file to your webserver.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getCategories',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list',
+      array('struct', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories to which the post is assigned.')),
+    array(
+      'metaWeblog.getRecentPosts',
+      'blogapi_metaweblog_get_recent_posts',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getRecentPostTitles',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_recent_post_titles',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'int'),
+      t('Returns a bandwidth-friendly list of the most recent posts in the system.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getCategoryList',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_category_list',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories defined in the weblog.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getPostCategories',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_post_categories',
+      array('array', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Returns a list of all categories to which the post is assigned.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.setPostCategories',
+      'blogapi_mt_set_post_categories',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'array'),
+      t('Sets the categories for a post.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.supportedMethods',
+      'xmlrpc_server_list_methods',
+      array('array'),
+      t('Retrieve information about the XML-RPC methods supported by the server.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.supportedTextFilters',
+      'blogapi_mt_supported_text_filters',
+      array('array'),
+      t('Retrieve information about the text formatting plugins supported by the server.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.getTrackbackPings',
+      'blogapi_mt_get_trackback_pings',
+      array('array', 'string'),
+      t('Retrieve the list of TrackBack pings posted to a particular entry. This could be used to programmatically retrieve the list of pings for a particular entry, then iterate through each of those pings doing the same, until one has built up a graph of the web of entries referencing one another on a particular topic.')),
+    array(
+      'mt.publishPost',
+      'blogap_mti_publish_post',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Publish (rebuild) all of the static files related to an entry from your weblog. Equivalent to saving an entry in the system (but without the ping).')));
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Finds the URL of a user's blog.
  */
-function blogapi_get_users_blogs($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  // Remove unused appkey from bloggerAPI.
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
 
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_get_users_blogs() {
+
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if ($user->uid) {
     $types = _blogapi_get_node_types();
     $structs = array();
     foreach ($types as $type) {
-      $structs[] = new xmlrpcval(array('url' => new xmlrpcval(url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true)),
-                                      'blogid' => new xmlrpcval($type, 'string'),
-                                      'blogName' => new xmlrpcval($user->name . ": " . $type)),
-                            'struct');
+      $structs[] = array('url' => url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true), 'blogid' => $type, 'blogName' => $user->name . ": " . $type);
     }
-    $resp = new xmlrpcval($structs, 'array');
-    return new xmlrpcresp($resp);
+    return $structs;
   }
   else {
     return blogapi_error($user);
@@ -78,21 +148,18 @@ function blogapi_get_users_blogs($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns profile information about a user.
  */
-function blogapi_get_user_info($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_get_user_info($appkey, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
 
   if ($user->uid) {
     $name = explode(' ', $user->realname ? $user->realname : $user->name, 2);
-    $struct = new xmlrpcval(array('userid' => new xmlrpcval($user->uid, 'string'),
-                                  'lastname' => new xmlrpcval($name[1], 'string'),
-                                  'firstname' => new xmlrpcval($name[0], 'string'),
-                                  'nickname' => new xmlrpcval($user->name, 'string'),
-                                  'email' => new xmlrpcval($user->mail, 'string'),
-                                  'url' => new xmlrpcval(url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true), 'string')),
-                            'struct');
-    return new xmlrpcresp($struct);
+    return array(
+      'userid' => $user->uid,
+      'lastname' => $name[1],
+      'firstname' => $name[0],
+      'nickname' => $user->name,
+      'email' => $user->mail,
+      'url' => url('blog/' . $user->uid, NULL, NULL, true));
   }
   else {
     return blogapi_error($user);
@@ -102,21 +169,14 @@ function blogapi_get_user_info($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Inserts a new blog post as a node.
  */
-function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  // Remove unused appkey from bloggerAPI.
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_new_post($appkey, $blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
   $edit = array();
-  $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
+  $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
   // get the node type defaults
   $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array('status', 'promote'));
   $edit['uid'] = $user->uid;
@@ -126,17 +186,17 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $edit['moderate'] = in_array('moderate', $node_type_default);
   $edit['revision'] = in_array('revision', $node_type_default);
   $edit['format'] = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
-  $edit['status'] = $params[4];
+  $edit['status'] = $publish;
 
   // check for bloggerAPI vs. metaWeblogAPI
-  if (is_array($params[3])) {
-    $edit['title'] = $params[3]['title'];
-    $edit['body'] = $params[3]['description'];
-    _blogapi_mt_extra($edit, $params[3]);
+  if (is_array($content)) {
+    $edit['title'] = $content['title'];
+    $edit['body'] = $content['description'];
+    _blogapi_mt_extra($edit, $content);
   }
   else {
-    $edit['title'] = blogapi_blogger_title($params[3]);
-    $edit['body'] = $params[3];
+    $edit['title'] = blogapi_blogger_title($content);
+    $edit['body'] = $content;
   }
 
   if (!valid_input_data($edit['title'], $edit['body'])) {
@@ -156,7 +216,7 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $nid = node_save($node);
   if ($nid) {
     watchdog('content', t('%type: added %title using blog API.', array('%type' => '<em>'. t($node->type) .'</em>', '%title' => theme('placeholder', $node->title))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), "node/$nid"));
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($nid, 'string'));
+    return $nid;
   }
 
   return blogapi_error(t('Error storing post.'));
@@ -165,19 +225,15 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Modifies the specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  if (count($params) == 6) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
+function blogapi_blogger_edit_post($appkey, $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
 
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
 
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
   if (!$node) {
     return blogapi_error(message_na());
   }
@@ -188,20 +244,20 @@ function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
     return blogapi_error(message_access());
   }
 
-  $node->status = $params[4];
+  $node->status = $publish;
 
   // check for bloggerAPI vs. metaWeblogAPI
-  if (is_array($params[3])) {
-    $node->title = $params[3]['title'];
-    $node->body = $params[3]['description'];
-    _blogapi_mt_extra($node, $params[3]);
+  if (is_array($content)) {
+    $node->title = $content['title'];
+    $node->body = $content['description'];
+    _blogapi_mt_extra($node, $content);
   }
   else {
-    $node->title = blogapi_blogger_title($params[3]);
-    $node->body = $params[3];
+    $node->title = blogapi_blogger_title($content);
+    $node->body = $content;
   }
 
-  if (!valid_input_data($title, $body)) {
+  if (!valid_input_data($node->title, $node->body)) {
     return blogapi_error(t('Terminated request because of suspicious input data.'));
   }
 
@@ -218,57 +274,78 @@ function blogapi_edit_post($req_params) {
   $nid = node_save($node);
   if ($nid) {
     watchdog('content', t('%type: updated %title using blog API.', array('%type' => '<em>'. t($node->type) .'</em>', '%title' => theme('placeholder', $node->title))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), "node/$nid"));
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
+    return true;
   }
 
   return blogapi_error(t('Error storing post.'));
 }
 
 /**
- * Blogging API callback. Returns a specified blog node.
+ * Blogging API callback. Removes the specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_blogger_delete_post($appkey, $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+  node_delete(array('nid' => $postid, 'confirm' => 1));
+  return true;
+}
 
-  $blog = _blogapi_get_post($node, true);
+/**
+ * Blogging API callback. Returns the latest few postings in a user's blog. $bodies TRUE
+ * <a href="http://movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_programmatic.html#item_mt%2EgetRecentPostTitles">
+ * returns a bandwidth-friendly list</a>.
+ */
+function blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts($appkey, $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, $bodies = TRUE) {
+  // Remove unused appkey (from bloggerAPI).
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
+  if (!$user->uid) {
+    return blogapi_error($user);
+  }
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp($blog);
+  $type = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
+  $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.nid, n.title,'. ($bodies ? ' n.body,' : '') ." n.created, u.name FROM {node} n, {users} u WHERE n.uid=u.uid AND n.type = '%s' AND n.uid = %d ORDER BY n.created DESC", $type, $user->uid, 0, $number_of_posts);
+  while ($blog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+    $blogs[] = _blogapi_get_post($blog, $bodies);
+  }
+  return $blogs;
+}
+
+function blogapi_metaweblog_new_post($blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_new_post('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $content, $publish);
+}
+
+function blogapi_metaweblog_edit_post($postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_edit_post('0123456789ABCDEF', $postid, $username, $password, $content, $publish);
 }
 
 /**
- * Blogging API callback. Removes the specified blog node.
+ * Blogging API callback. Returns a specified blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_delete_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[2], $params[3]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_get_post($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $ret = node_delete(array('nid' => $params[1], 'confirm' => 1));
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
+
+  return _blogapi_get_post($node, true);
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Inserts a file into Drupal.
  */
-function blogapi_new_media_object($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_new_media_object($blogid, $username, $password, $file) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $name = basename($params[3]['name']);
-  $data = $params[3]['bits'];
+  $name = basename($file['name']);
+  $data = $file['bits'];
 
   if (!$data) {
     return blogapi_error(t('No file sent.'));
@@ -279,17 +356,14 @@ function blogapi_new_media_object($req_params) {
   }
 
   // Return the successful result.
-  $result = new xmlrpcval(array('url' => new xmlrpcval(file_create_url($file), 'string')), 'struct');
-  return new xmlrpcresp($result);
+  return array('url' => file_create_url($file));
 }
-
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns a list of the taxonomy terms that can be
  * associated with a blog node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_category_list($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $type = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
+function blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password) {
+  $type = _blogapi_blogid($blogid);
   $vocabularies = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_vocabularies', $type, 'vid');
   $categories = array();
   if ($vocabularies) {
@@ -300,140 +374,102 @@ function blogapi_get_category_list($req_params) {
         foreach (module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_parents', $term->tid, 'tid') as $parent) {
           $term_name = $parent->name . '/' . $term_name;
         }
-        $categories[] = new xmlrpcval(array('categoryName' => new xmlrpcval($term_name, 'string'),
-                                            'categoryId' => new xmlrpcval($term->tid, 'string')),
-                                      'struct');
+        $categories[] = array('categoryName' => $term_name, 'categoryId' => $term->tid);
       }
     }
   }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($categories, 'array'));
+  return $categories;
+}
+
+function blogai_metaweblog_get_recent_posts($blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, TRUE);
+}
+
+// see above
+function blogapi_mt_get_recent_post_titles($blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts) {
+  return blogapi_blogger_get_recent_posts('0123456789ABCDEF', $blogid, $username, $password, $number_of_posts, FALSE);
+}
+
+/* **** */
+function blogapi_mt_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password) {
+  return blogapi_metaweblog_get_category_list($blogid, $username, $password);
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Returns a list of the taxonomy terms that are
  * assigned to a particular node.
  */
-function blogapi_get_post_categories($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_mt_get_post_categories($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $terms = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_get_terms', $params[0], 'tid');
+  $terms = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_get_terms', $postid, 'tid');
   $categories = array();
   foreach ($terms as $term) {
     $term_name = $term->name;
     foreach (module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_parents', $term->tid, 'tid') as $parent) {
       $term_name = $parent->name . '/' . $term_name;
     }
-    $categories[] = new xmlrpcval(array('categoryName' => new xmlrpcval($term_name, 'string'),
-                                        'categoryId' => new xmlrpcval($term->tid, 'string'),
-                                        'isPrimary' => new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean')),
-                                  'struct');
+    $categories[] = array('categoryName' => $term_name, 'categoryId' => $term->tid, 'isPrimary' => true);
   }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($categories, 'array'));
+  return $categories;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Assigns taxonomy terms to a particular node.
  */
-function blogapi_set_post_categories($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
+function blogapi_mt_set_post_categories($postid, $username, $password, $categories) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
   if (!$user->uid) {
     return blogapi_error($user);
   }
 
-  $nid = $params[0];
+  $nid = $postid;
   $terms = array();
-  foreach ($params[3] as $category) {
+  foreach ($categories as $category) {
     $terms[] = $category['categoryId']->scalarval();
   }
   module_invoke('taxonomy', 'node_save', $nid, $terms);
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
-}
-
-/**
- * Blogging API callback. Returns the latest few postings in a user's blog. $bodies TRUE
- * <a href="http://movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_programmatic.html#item_mt%2EgetRecentPostTitles">
- * returns a bandwidth-friendly list</a>.
- */
-function blogapi_get_recent_posts($req_params, $bodies = TRUE) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  // Remove unused appkey (from bloggerAPI).
-  if (count($params) == 5) {
-    $params = array_slice($params, 1);
-  }
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
-  if (!$user->uid) {
-    return blogapi_error($user);
-  }
-
-  $type = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
-  $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.nid, n.title,'. ($bodies ? ' n.body,' : '') ." n.created, u.name FROM {node} n, {users} u WHERE n.uid=u.uid AND n.type = '%s' AND n.uid = %d ORDER BY n.created DESC",  $type, $user->uid, 0, $params[3]);
-  while ($blog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $xmlrpcval = _blogapi_get_post($blog, $bodies);
-    $blogs[] = $xmlrpcval;
-  }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($blogs, 'array'));
-}
-
-// see above
-function blogapi_get_recent_post_titles($req_params) {
-  return blogapi_get_recent_posts($req_params, TRUE);
-}
-
-/**
- * Blogging API callback. Sends a list of supported methods to the client.
- */
-function blogapi_supported_methods($req_params) {
-  $methods = array_keys(blogapi_xmlrpc());
-
-  $output = array();
-  foreach ($methods as $method) {
-    $output[] = new xmlrpcval($method, 'string');
-  }
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($output, 'array'));
+  return true;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Sends a list of available input formats.
  */
-function blogapi_supported_text_filters($req_params) {
-  global $user;
-
+function blogapi_mt_supported_text_filters() {
   // NOTE: we're only using anonymous' formats because the MT spec
   // does not allow for per-user formats.
   $formats = filter_formats();
 
   $filters = array();
   foreach ($formats as $format) {
-    $filter['key'] = new xmlrpcval($format->format, 'string');
-    $filter['label'] = new xmlrpcval($format->name, 'string');
-    $filters[] = new xmlrpcval($filter, 'struct');
+    $filter['key'] = $format->format;
+    $filter['label'] = $format->name;
+    $filters[] = $filter;
   }
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($filters, 'array'));
+  return $filters;
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Can not be implemented without support from
  * trackback module.
  */
-function blogapi_get_trackback_pings($req_params) {
+function blogapi_mt_get_trackback_pings() {
   return blogapi_error(t('Not implemented.'));
 }
 
 /**
  * Blogging API callback. Publishes the given node
  */
-function blogapi_publish_post($req_params) {
-  $params = blogapi_convert($req_params);
-
-  $user = blogapi_validate_user($params[1], $params[2]);
-  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $params[0]));
+function blogap_mti_publish_post($postid, $username, $password) {
+  $user = blogapi_validate_user($username, $password);
+  if (!$user->uid) {
+    return blogapi_error($user);
+  }
+  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $postid));
   if (!$node) {
     return blogapi_error(t('Invalid post.'));
   }
@@ -445,38 +481,21 @@ function blogapi_publish_post($req_params) {
 
   node_save($node);
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(true, 'boolean'));
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Process the parameters to an XMLRPC callback, and return them as an array.
- */
-function blogapi_convert($params) {
-  $cparams = array();
-  $num_params= $params->getNumParams();
-
-  for ($i = 0; $i < $num_params; $i++) {
-    $sn = $params->getParam($i);
-    $cparams[] = $sn->getval();
-  }
-
-  return $cparams;
+  return true;
 }
 
 /**
  * Prepare an error message for returning to the XMLRPC caller.
  */
 function blogapi_error($message) {
-  global $xmlrpcusererr;
-
+  static $xmlrpcusererr;
   if (!is_array($message)) {
     $message = array($message);
   }
 
   $message = implode(' ', $message);
 
-  return new xmlrpcresp(0, $xmlrpcusererr + 1, strip_tags($message));
+  return xmlrpc_error($xmlrpcusererr + 1, strip_tags($message));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -651,12 +670,12 @@ function _blogapi_mt_extra(&$node, $struct) {
 
 function _blogapi_get_post($node, $bodies = true) {
   $xmlrpcval = array (
-    'userid' => new xmlrpcval($node->name, 'string'),
-    'dateCreated' => new xmlrpcval(iso8601_encode($node->created), 'dateTime.iso8601'),
-    'title' => new xmlrpcval($node->title, 'string'),
-    'postid' => new xmlrpcval($node->nid, 'string'),
-    'link' => new xmlrpcval(url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true)),
-    'permaLink' => new xmlrpcval(url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true)),
+    'userid' => $node->name,
+    'dateCreated' => xmlrpc_date($node->created),
+    'title' => $node->title,
+    'postid' => $node->nid,
+    'link' => url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true),
+    'permaLink' => url('node/'.$node->nid, NULL, NULL, true),
   );
   if ($bodies) {
     if ($node->comment = 1) {
@@ -666,14 +685,14 @@ function _blogapi_get_post($node, $bodies = true) {
       $comment = 1;
     }
 
-    $xmlrpcval['content'] = new xmlrpcval("<title>$blog->title</title>$node->body", 'string');
-    $xmlrpcval['description'] = new xmlrpcval($node->body, 'string');
+    $xmlrpcval['content'] = "<title>$node->title</title>$node->body";
+    $xmlrpcval['description'] = $node->body;
     // Add MT specific fields
-    $xmlrpcval['mt_allow_comments'] = new xmlrpcval($comment, 'int');
-    $xmlrpcval['mt_convert_breaks'] = new xmlrpcval($node->format, 'string');
+    $xmlrpcval['mt_allow_comments'] = $comment;
+    $xmlrpcval['mt_convert_breaks'] = $node->format;
   }
 
-  return new xmlrpcval($xmlrpcval, 'struct');
+  return $xmlrpcval;
 }
 
 function _blogapi_blogid($id) {
diff --git a/modules/drupal.module b/modules/drupal.module
index 90cccf0285d012ae57e6d94debafe9aa1fca86ef..de2e32fa86427b9f532cdd7777f53de491654b33 100644
--- a/modules/drupal.module
+++ b/modules/drupal.module
@@ -70,22 +70,15 @@ function drupal_cron() {
 /**
  * Callback function from drupal_xmlrpc() called when another site pings this one.
  */
-function drupal_directory_ping($arguments) {
+function drupal_directory_ping($link, $name, $mail, $slogan, $mission) {
 
   /*
   ** Parse our parameters:
   */
 
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(0);
-  $link = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(1);
-  $name = trim(strip_tags($argument->scalarval()));
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(2);
-  $mail = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(3);
-  $slogan = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(4);
-  $mission = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
+  foreach (array('link', 'name', 'mail', 'slogan', 'mission') as $key) {
+    $$key = strip_tags($$key);
+  }
 
   /*
   ** Update the data in our database and send back a reply:
@@ -97,10 +90,10 @@ function drupal_directory_ping($arguments) {
 
     watchdog('directory ping', t('Ping from %name (%link).', array('%name' => theme('placeholder', $name), '%link' => theme('placeholder', $link))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, '<a href="'. check_url($link) .'">view</a>');
 
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(1, 'int'));
+    return 1;
   }
   else {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(0, 'int'));
+    return 0;
   }
 
 }
@@ -127,7 +120,17 @@ function drupal_directory_page($sort = 'name') {
  * Implementation of hook_xmlrpc().
  */
 function drupal_xmlrpc() {
-  return array('drupal.site.ping' => array('function' => 'drupal_directory_ping'), 'drupal.login' => array('function' => 'drupal_login'));
+  return array(
+    array(
+      'drupal.site.ping',
+      'drupal_directory_ping',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Handling ping request')),
+    array(
+      'drupal.login',
+      'drupal_login',
+      array('int', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Logging into a drupal site')));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -136,16 +139,10 @@ function drupal_xmlrpc() {
 function drupal_notify($server) {
   global $base_url;
 
-  $url = parse_url($server);
-
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client($url['path'], $url['host'], 80);
-
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('drupal.site.ping', array(new xmlrpcval($base_url, 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_name', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_mail', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_slogan', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_mission', ''), 'string')));
+  $result = xmlrpc($server, 'drupal.site.ping', $base_url, variable_get('site_name', ''), variable_get('site_mail', ''), variable_get('site_slogan', ''), variable_get('site_mission', ''));
 
-  $result = $client->send($message, 5);
-
-  if (!$result || $result->faultCode()) {
-    watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify %url at %path: %error.', array('%url' => theme('placeholder', $url['host']), '%path' => theme('placeholder', $url['path']), '%error' => theme('placeholder', $result->faultString()))), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
+    watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify %server, error code: %errno, error message: %error_msg.', array('%server' => theme('placeholder', $server), '%errno' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_errno()), '%error_msg' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_error_msg()))), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
   }
 
 }
@@ -169,19 +166,13 @@ function drupal_info($field = 0) {
  * Implementation of hook_auth().
  */
 function drupal_auth($username, $password, $server) {
-
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('drupal.login', array(new xmlrpcval($username, 'string'), new xmlrpcval($password, 'string')));
-
-  // TODO remove hard coded Port 80
-  // TODO manage server/path such that HTTP_HOST/xml.rpc.php is not assumed
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client('/xmlrpc.php', $server, 80);
-  $result = $client->send($message, 5);
-  if ($result && !$result->faultCode()) {
-    $value = $result->value();
-    $login = $value->scalarval();
+  $result = xmlrpc('http://'. $server .'/xmlrpc.php', 'drupal.login', $username, $password);
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
+    drupal_set_message(t('Error %code : %message', array('%code' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_errno()), '%message' =>  theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_error_msg()))), 'error');
+  }
+  else {
+    return $result;
   }
-
-  return $login;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -209,17 +200,12 @@ function drupal_page_help() {
  *
  * Remote clients are usually other Drupal instances.
  */
-function drupal_login($arguments) {
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(0);
-  $username = $argument->scalarval();
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(1);
-  $password = $argument->scalarval();
-
+function drupal_login($username, $password) {
   if ($user = user_load(array('name' => $username, 'pass' => $password, 'status' => 1))) {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($user->uid, 'int'));
+    return $user->uid;
   }
   else {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(0, 'int'));
+    return 0;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/drupal/drupal.module b/modules/drupal/drupal.module
index 90cccf0285d012ae57e6d94debafe9aa1fca86ef..de2e32fa86427b9f532cdd7777f53de491654b33 100644
--- a/modules/drupal/drupal.module
+++ b/modules/drupal/drupal.module
@@ -70,22 +70,15 @@ function drupal_cron() {
 /**
  * Callback function from drupal_xmlrpc() called when another site pings this one.
  */
-function drupal_directory_ping($arguments) {
+function drupal_directory_ping($link, $name, $mail, $slogan, $mission) {
 
   /*
   ** Parse our parameters:
   */
 
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(0);
-  $link = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(1);
-  $name = trim(strip_tags($argument->scalarval()));
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(2);
-  $mail = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(3);
-  $slogan = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(4);
-  $mission = strip_tags($argument->scalarval());
+  foreach (array('link', 'name', 'mail', 'slogan', 'mission') as $key) {
+    $$key = strip_tags($$key);
+  }
 
   /*
   ** Update the data in our database and send back a reply:
@@ -97,10 +90,10 @@ function drupal_directory_ping($arguments) {
 
     watchdog('directory ping', t('Ping from %name (%link).', array('%name' => theme('placeholder', $name), '%link' => theme('placeholder', $link))), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, '<a href="'. check_url($link) .'">view</a>');
 
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(1, 'int'));
+    return 1;
   }
   else {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(0, 'int'));
+    return 0;
   }
 
 }
@@ -127,7 +120,17 @@ function drupal_directory_page($sort = 'name') {
  * Implementation of hook_xmlrpc().
  */
 function drupal_xmlrpc() {
-  return array('drupal.site.ping' => array('function' => 'drupal_directory_ping'), 'drupal.login' => array('function' => 'drupal_login'));
+  return array(
+    array(
+      'drupal.site.ping',
+      'drupal_directory_ping',
+      array('boolean', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Handling ping request')),
+    array(
+      'drupal.login',
+      'drupal_login',
+      array('int', 'string', 'string'),
+      t('Logging into a drupal site')));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -136,16 +139,10 @@ function drupal_xmlrpc() {
 function drupal_notify($server) {
   global $base_url;
 
-  $url = parse_url($server);
-
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client($url['path'], $url['host'], 80);
-
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('drupal.site.ping', array(new xmlrpcval($base_url, 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_name', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_mail', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_slogan', ''), 'string'), new xmlrpcval(variable_get('site_mission', ''), 'string')));
+  $result = xmlrpc($server, 'drupal.site.ping', $base_url, variable_get('site_name', ''), variable_get('site_mail', ''), variable_get('site_slogan', ''), variable_get('site_mission', ''));
 
-  $result = $client->send($message, 5);
-
-  if (!$result || $result->faultCode()) {
-    watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify %url at %path: %error.', array('%url' => theme('placeholder', $url['host']), '%path' => theme('placeholder', $url['path']), '%error' => theme('placeholder', $result->faultString()))), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
+    watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify %server, error code: %errno, error message: %error_msg.', array('%server' => theme('placeholder', $server), '%errno' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_errno()), '%error_msg' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_error_msg()))), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
   }
 
 }
@@ -169,19 +166,13 @@ function drupal_info($field = 0) {
  * Implementation of hook_auth().
  */
 function drupal_auth($username, $password, $server) {
-
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('drupal.login', array(new xmlrpcval($username, 'string'), new xmlrpcval($password, 'string')));
-
-  // TODO remove hard coded Port 80
-  // TODO manage server/path such that HTTP_HOST/xml.rpc.php is not assumed
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client('/xmlrpc.php', $server, 80);
-  $result = $client->send($message, 5);
-  if ($result && !$result->faultCode()) {
-    $value = $result->value();
-    $login = $value->scalarval();
+  $result = xmlrpc('http://'. $server .'/xmlrpc.php', 'drupal.login', $username, $password);
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
+    drupal_set_message(t('Error %code : %message', array('%code' => theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_errno()), '%message' =>  theme('placeholder', xmlrpc_error_msg()))), 'error');
+  }
+  else {
+    return $result;
   }
-
-  return $login;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -209,17 +200,12 @@ function drupal_page_help() {
  *
  * Remote clients are usually other Drupal instances.
  */
-function drupal_login($arguments) {
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(0);
-  $username = $argument->scalarval();
-  $argument = $arguments->getparam(1);
-  $password = $argument->scalarval();
-
+function drupal_login($username, $password) {
   if ($user = user_load(array('name' => $username, 'pass' => $password, 'status' => 1))) {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($user->uid, 'int'));
+    return $user->uid;
   }
   else {
-    return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval(0, 'int'));
+    return 0;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/ping.module b/modules/ping.module
index bf392c586a071e30e55e9efd0b4d54c968383600..4b88e861cd632d5cda4d0c8d74341b741c0f3b86 100644
--- a/modules/ping.module
+++ b/modules/ping.module
@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ function _ping_notify($name, $url) {
  */
 function ping_ping($name = '', $url = '') {
 
-  $feed = url('node/feed', NULL, NULL, TRUE);
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client('/', 'rpc.pingomatic.com', 80);
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('weblogUpdates.ping', array(new xmlrpcval($name), new xmlrpcval($url)));
-  $result = $client->send($message);
+  $result = xmlrpc('http://rpc.pingomatic.com', 'weblogUpdates.ping', $name, $url);
 
-  if (!$result || $result->faultCode()) {
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
     watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify pingomatic.com (site).'), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/ping/ping.module b/modules/ping/ping.module
index bf392c586a071e30e55e9efd0b4d54c968383600..4b88e861cd632d5cda4d0c8d74341b741c0f3b86 100644
--- a/modules/ping/ping.module
+++ b/modules/ping/ping.module
@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ function _ping_notify($name, $url) {
  */
 function ping_ping($name = '', $url = '') {
 
-  $feed = url('node/feed', NULL, NULL, TRUE);
-  $client = new xmlrpc_client('/', 'rpc.pingomatic.com', 80);
-  $message = new xmlrpcmsg('weblogUpdates.ping', array(new xmlrpcval($name), new xmlrpcval($url)));
-  $result = $client->send($message);
+  $result = xmlrpc('http://rpc.pingomatic.com', 'weblogUpdates.ping', $name, $url);
 
-  if (!$result || $result->faultCode()) {
+  if ($result === FALSE) {
     watchdog('directory ping', t('Failed to notify pingomatic.com (site).'), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
   }
 }
diff --git a/xmlrpc.php b/xmlrpc.php
index d93055075c79bebf7fbe4d778855dd4eecf3f946..408f440620556b529ee7ce5d58a97867912b6aaf 100644
--- a/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/xmlrpc.php
@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@
 drupal_bootstrap('full');
 include_once 'includes/xmlrpcs.inc';
 
-$functions = module_invoke_all('xmlrpc');
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-$server = new xmlrpc_server($functions);
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+xmlrpc_server(module_invoke_all('xmlrpc'));
 ?>