function array_unique (inputArr) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Carlos R. L. Rodrigues (http://www.jsfromhell.com)
    // +      input by: duncan
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Nate
    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Michael Grier
    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // %          note 1: The second argument, sort_flags is not implemented;
    // %          note 1: also should be sorted (asort?) first according to docs
    // *     example 1: array_unique(['Kevin','Kevin','van','Zonneveld','Kevin']);
    // *     returns 1: {0: 'Kevin', 2: 'van', 3: 'Zonneveld'}
    // *     example 2: array_unique({'a': 'green', 0: 'red', 'b': 'green', 1: 'blue', 2: 'red'});
    // *     returns 2: {a: 'green', 0: 'red', 1: 'blue'}
    var key = '',
        tmp_arr2 = {},
        val = '';

    var __array_search = function (needle, haystack) {
        var fkey = '';
        for (fkey in haystack) {
            if (haystack.hasOwnProperty(fkey)) {
                if ((haystack[fkey] + '') === (needle + '')) {
                    return fkey;
                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    };

    for (key in inputArr) {
        if (inputArr.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            val = inputArr[key];
            if (false === __array_search(val, tmp_arr2)) {
                tmp_arr2[key] = val;
            }
        }
    }

    return tmp_arr2;
}