diff --git a/servers/rest_server/includes/RESTServer.inc b/servers/rest_server/includes/RESTServer.inc
index 63528bc..2d0c66b 100755
--- a/servers/rest_server/includes/RESTServer.inc
+++ b/servers/rest_server/includes/RESTServer.inc
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class RESTServer {
 
   public static function parseYAML($handle) {
     module_load_include('php', 'rest_server', 'lib/spyc');
-    return Spyc::YAMLLoad(self::contentFromStream($handle));
+    return Spyc::YAMLLoadString(self::contentFromStream($handle));
   }
 
   private function responseFormatters($format=NULL) {
@@ -567,4 +567,4 @@ class RESTServer {
       return $action;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/servers/rest_server/lib/spyc.php b/servers/rest_server/lib/spyc.php
index f9a818d..e19d562 100644
--- a/servers/rest_server/lib/spyc.php
+++ b/servers/rest_server/lib/spyc.php
@@ -1,51 +1,100 @@
 <?php
 /**
-  * The Simple PHP YAML Class.
-  *
-  * This class can be used to read a YAML file and convert its contents
-  * into a PHP array.  It currently supports a very limited subsection of
-  * the YAML spec.
-  *
-  * Usage:
-  * <code>
-  *   $parser = new Spyc;
-  *   $array  = $parser->load($file);
-  * </code>
-  * @version 0.3
-  * @author Chris Wanstrath <chris@ozmm.org>
-  * @author Vlad Andersen <vlad@oneiros.ru>
-  * @link http://spyc.sourceforge.net/
-  * @copyright Copyright 2005-2006 Chris Wanstrath
-  * @license 
-  *  GPLv2. The original library is licensed under the MIT license.
-  *  I would encourage anyone who wants to contribute to the spyc project
-  *  to contact the maintainers over at source forge. All in the spirit
-  *  of open source and sharing.
-  *    /Hugo Wetterberg
-  * @package Spyc
-  */
+   * Spyc -- A Simple PHP YAML Class
+   * @version 0.5
+   * @author Vlad Andersen <vlad.andersen@gmail.com>
+   * @author Chris Wanstrath <chris@ozmm.org>
+   * @link http://code.google.com/p/spyc/
+   * @copyright Copyright 2005-2006 Chris Wanstrath, 2006-2011 Vlad Andersen
+   * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
+   * @package Spyc
+   */
+
+if (!function_exists('spyc_load')) {
+  /**
+   * Parses YAML to array.
+   * @param string $string YAML string.
+   * @return array
+   */
+  function spyc_load ($string) {
+    return Spyc::YAMLLoadString($string);
+  }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('spyc_load_file')) {
+  /**
+   * Parses YAML to array.
+   * @param string $file Path to YAML file.
+   * @return array
+   */
+  function spyc_load_file ($file) {
+    return Spyc::YAMLLoad($file);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+   * The Simple PHP YAML Class.
+   *
+   * This class can be used to read a YAML file and convert its contents
+   * into a PHP array.  It currently supports a very limited subsection of
+   * the YAML spec.
+   *
+   * Usage:
+   * <code>
+   *   $Spyc  = new Spyc;
+   *   $array = $Spyc->load($file);
+   * </code>
+   * or:
+   * <code>
+   *   $array = Spyc::YAMLLoad($file);
+   * </code>
+   * or:
+   * <code>
+   *   $array = spyc_load_file($file);
+   * </code>
+   * @package Spyc
+   */
 class Spyc {
 
+  // SETTINGS
+
+  const REMPTY = "\0\0\0\0\0";
+
+  /**
+   * Setting this to true will force YAMLDump to enclose any string value in
+   * quotes.  False by default.
+   * 
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $setting_dump_force_quotes = false;
+
+  /**
+   * Setting this to true will forse YAMLLoad to use syck_load function when
+   * possible. False by default.
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $setting_use_syck_is_possible = false;
+
+
+
   /**#@+
   * @access private
   * @var mixed
   */
-  private $_haveRefs;
-  private $_allNodes;
-  private $_allParent;
-  private $_lastIndent;
-  private $_lastNode;
-  private $_inBlock;
-  private $_isInline;
   private $_dumpIndent;
   private $_dumpWordWrap;
   private $_containsGroupAnchor = false;
   private $_containsGroupAlias = false;
   private $path;
   private $result;
-  private $LiteralBlockMarkers = array ('>', '|');
   private $LiteralPlaceHolder = '___YAML_Literal_Block___';
   private $SavedGroups = array();
+  private $indent;
+  /**
+   * Path modifier that should be applied after adding current element.
+   * @var array
+   */
+  private $delayedPath = array();
 
   /**#@+
   * @access public
@@ -53,6 +102,24 @@ class Spyc {
   */
   public $_nodeId;
 
+/**
+ * Load a valid YAML string to Spyc.
+ * @param string $input
+ * @return array
+ */
+  public function load ($input) {
+    return $this->__loadString($input);
+  }
+
+ /**
+ * Load a valid YAML file to Spyc.
+ * @param string $file
+ * @return array
+ */
+  public function loadFile ($file) {
+    return $this->__load($file);
+  }
+
   /**
      * Load YAML into a PHP array statically
      *
@@ -70,13 +137,13 @@ class Spyc {
      */
   public static function YAMLLoad($input) {
     $Spyc = new Spyc;
-    return $Spyc->load($input);
+    return $Spyc->__load($input);
   }
 
   /**
      * Load a string of YAML into a PHP array statically
      *
-     * The load method, when supplied with a YAML string, will do its best
+     * The load method, when supplied with a YAML string, will do its best 
      * to convert YAML in a string into a PHP array.  Pretty simple.
      *
      * Note: use this function if you don't want files from the file system
@@ -94,7 +161,7 @@ class Spyc {
      */
   public static function YAMLLoadString($input) {
     $Spyc = new Spyc;
-    return $Spyc->loadString($input);
+    return $Spyc->__loadString($input);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -164,8 +231,14 @@ class Spyc {
     $string = "---\n";
 
     // Start at the base of the array and move through it.
-    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
-      $string .= $this->_yamlize($key,$value,0);
+    if ($array) {
+      $array = (array)$array; 
+      $previous_key = -1;
+      foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
+        if (!isset($first_key)) $first_key = $key;
+        $string .= $this->_yamlize($key,$value,0,$previous_key, $first_key, $array);
+        $previous_key = $key;
+      }
     }
     return $string;
   }
@@ -178,22 +251,20 @@ class Spyc {
      * @param $value The value of the item
      * @param $indent The indent of the current node
      */
-  private function _yamlize($key,$value,$indent) {
-    if (is_object($value)) {
-      $value = get_object_vars($value);
-    }
-
+  private function _yamlize($key,$value,$indent, $previous_key = -1, $first_key = 0, $source_array = null) {
     if (is_array($value)) {
+      if (empty ($value))
+        return $this->_dumpNode($key, array(), $indent, $previous_key, $first_key, $source_array);
       // It has children.  What to do?
       // Make it the right kind of item
-      $string = $this->_dumpNode($key,NULL,$indent);
+      $string = $this->_dumpNode($key, self::REMPTY, $indent, $previous_key, $first_key, $source_array);
       // Add the indent
       $indent += $this->_dumpIndent;
       // Yamlize the array
       $string .= $this->_yamlizeArray($value,$indent);
     } elseif (!is_array($value)) {
       // It doesn't have children.  Yip.
-      $string = $this->_dumpNode($key,$value,$indent);
+      $string = $this->_dumpNode($key, $value, $indent, $previous_key, $first_key, $source_array);
     }
     return $string;
   }
@@ -208,8 +279,11 @@ class Spyc {
   private function _yamlizeArray($array,$indent) {
     if (is_array($array)) {
       $string = '';
+      $previous_key = -1;
       foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
-        $string .= $this->_yamlize($key,$value,$indent);
+        if (!isset($first_key)) $first_key = $key;
+        $string .= $this->_yamlize($key, $value, $indent, $previous_key, $first_key, $array);
+        $previous_key = $key;
       }
       return $string;
     } else {
@@ -225,27 +299,43 @@ class Spyc {
      * @param $value The value of the item
      * @param $indent The indent of the current node
      */
-  private function _dumpNode($key,$value,$indent) {
+  private function _dumpNode($key, $value, $indent, $previous_key = -1, $first_key = 0, $source_array = null) {
     // do some folding here, for blocks
-    if (strpos($value,"\n") !== false || strpos($value,": ") !== false || strpos($value,"- ") !== false) {
+    if (is_string ($value) && ((strpos($value,"\n") !== false || strpos($value,": ") !== false || strpos($value,"- ") !== false ||
+      strpos($value,"*") !== false || strpos($value,"#") !== false || strpos($value,"<") !== false || strpos($value,">") !== false || strpos ($value, '  ') !== false ||
+      strpos($value,"[") !== false || strpos($value,"]") !== false || strpos($value,"{") !== false || strpos($value,"}") !== false) || strpos($value,"&") !== false || strpos($value, "'") !== false || strpos($value, "!") === 0 ||
+      substr ($value, -1, 1) == ':')
+    ) {
       $value = $this->_doLiteralBlock($value,$indent);
     } else {
       $value  = $this->_doFolding($value,$indent);
     }
 
+    if ($value === array()) $value = '[ ]';
+    if (in_array ($value, array ('true', 'TRUE', 'false', 'FALSE', 'y', 'Y', 'n', 'N', 'null', 'NULL'), true)) {
+       $value = $this->_doLiteralBlock($value,$indent);
+    }
+    if (trim ($value) != $value)
+       $value = $this->_doLiteralBlock($value,$indent);
+
     if (is_bool($value)) {
-      $value = ($value) ? "true" : "false";
+       $value = ($value) ? "true" : "false";
     }
+    
+    if ($value === null) $value = 'null';
+    if ($value === "'" . self::REMPTY . "'") $value = null;
 
     $spaces = str_repeat(' ',$indent);
 
-    if (is_int($key)) {
+    //if (is_int($key) && $key - 1 == $previous_key && $first_key===0) {
+    if (is_array ($source_array) && array_keys($source_array) === range(0, count($source_array) - 1)) {
       // It's a sequence
       $string = $spaces.'- '.$value."\n";
     } else {
+      // if ($first_key===0)  throw new Exception('Keys are all screwy.  The first one was zero, now it\'s "'. $key .'"');
       // It's mapped
-      if (strpos($key, ":") !== false) { $key = '"' . $key . '"'; }
-      $string = $spaces.$key.': '.$value."\n";
+      if (strpos($key, ":") !== false || strpos($key, "#") !== false) { $key = '"' . $key . '"'; }
+      $string = rtrim ($spaces.$key.': '.$value)."\n";
     }
     return $string;
   }
@@ -258,12 +348,19 @@ class Spyc {
      * @param $indent int The value of the indent
      */
   private function _doLiteralBlock($value,$indent) {
+    if ($value === "\n") return '\n';
+    if (strpos($value, "\n") === false && strpos($value, "'") === false) {
+      return sprintf ("'%s'", $value);
+    }
+    if (strpos($value, "\n") === false && strpos($value, '"') === false) {
+      return sprintf ('"%s"', $value);
+    }
     $exploded = explode("\n",$value);
     $newValue = '|';
     $indent  += $this->_dumpIndent;
     $spaces   = str_repeat(' ',$indent);
     foreach ($exploded as $line) {
-      $newValue .= "\n" . $spaces . trim($line);
+      $newValue .= "\n" . $spaces . ($line);
     }
     return $newValue;
   }
@@ -276,60 +373,90 @@ class Spyc {
      */
   private function _doFolding($value,$indent) {
     // Don't do anything if wordwrap is set to 0
-    if ($this->_dumpWordWrap === 0) {
-      return $value;
-    }
 
-    if (strlen($value) > $this->_dumpWordWrap) {
+    if ($this->_dumpWordWrap !== 0 && is_string ($value) && strlen($value) > $this->_dumpWordWrap) {
       $indent += $this->_dumpIndent;
       $indent = str_repeat(' ',$indent);
       $wrapped = wordwrap($value,$this->_dumpWordWrap,"\n$indent");
       $value   = ">\n".$indent.$wrapped;
+    } else {
+      if ($this->setting_dump_force_quotes && is_string ($value) && $value !== self::REMPTY)
+        $value = '"' . $value . '"';
     }
+
+
     return $value;
   }
 
-/* LOADING FUNCTIONS */
+// LOADING FUNCTIONS
 
-  private function load($input) {
+  private function __load($input) {
     $Source = $this->loadFromSource($input);
     return $this->loadWithSource($Source);
   }
 
-  private function loadString($input) {
+  private function __loadString($input) {
     $Source = $this->loadFromString($input);
     return $this->loadWithSource($Source);
   }
 
   private function loadWithSource($Source) {
     if (empty ($Source)) return array();
+    if ($this->setting_use_syck_is_possible && function_exists ('syck_load')) {
+      $array = syck_load (implode ('', $Source));
+      return is_array($array) ? $array : array();
+    }
+
     $this->path = array();
     $this->result = array();
 
-
-    for ($i = 0; $i < count($Source); $i++) {
+    $cnt = count($Source);
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $cnt; $i++) {
       $line = $Source[$i];
-
-      $lineIndent = $this->_getIndent($line);
-      $this->path = $this->getParentPathByIndent($lineIndent);
-      $line = $this->stripIndent($line, $lineIndent);
-      if ($this->isComment($line)) continue;
-
-      if ($literalBlockStyle = $this->startsLiteralBlock($line)) {
-        $line = rtrim ($line, $literalBlockStyle . "\n");
+      
+      $this->indent = strlen($line) - strlen(ltrim($line));
+      $tempPath = $this->getParentPathByIndent($this->indent);
+      $line = self::stripIndent($line, $this->indent);
+      if (self::isComment($line)) continue;
+      if (self::isEmpty($line)) continue;
+      $this->path = $tempPath;
+
+      $literalBlockStyle = self::startsLiteralBlock($line);
+      if ($literalBlockStyle) {
+        $line = rtrim ($line, $literalBlockStyle . " \n");
         $literalBlock = '';
         $line .= $this->LiteralPlaceHolder;
-
-        while (++$i < count($Source) && $this->literalBlockContinues($Source[$i], $lineIndent)) {
-          $literalBlock = $this->addLiteralLine($literalBlock, $Source[$i], $literalBlockStyle);
+        $literal_block_indent = strlen($Source[$i+1]) - strlen(ltrim($Source[$i+1]));
+        while (++$i < $cnt && $this->literalBlockContinues($Source[$i], $this->indent)) {
+          $literalBlock = $this->addLiteralLine($literalBlock, $Source[$i], $literalBlockStyle, $literal_block_indent);
         }
         $i--;
       }
+
+      while (++$i < $cnt && self::greedilyNeedNextLine($line)) {
+        $line = rtrim ($line, " \n\t\r") . ' ' . ltrim ($Source[$i], " \t");
+      }
+      $i--;
+
+
+
+      if (strpos ($line, '#')) {
+        if (strpos ($line, '"') === false && strpos ($line, "'") === false)
+          $line = preg_replace('/\s+#(.+)$/','',$line);
+      }
+
       $lineArray = $this->_parseLine($line);
+
       if ($literalBlockStyle)
-      $lineArray = $this->revertLiteralPlaceHolder ($lineArray, $literalBlock);
+        $lineArray = $this->revertLiteralPlaceHolder ($lineArray, $literalBlock);
+
+      $this->addArray($lineArray, $this->indent);
+
+      foreach ($this->delayedPath as $indent => $delayedPath)
+        $this->path[$indent] = $delayedPath;
+
+      $this->delayedPath = array();
 
-      $this->addArray($lineArray, $lineIndent);
     }
     return $this->result;
   }
@@ -341,27 +468,15 @@ class Spyc {
     return $this->loadFromString($input);
   }
 
-  function loadFromString ($input) {
+  private function loadFromString ($input) {
     $lines = explode("\n",$input);
     foreach ($lines as $k => $_) {
-      $lines[$k] = trim ($_, "\r");
+      $lines[$k] = rtrim ($_, "\r");
     }
     return $lines;
   }
 
   /**
-     * Finds and returns the indentation of a YAML line
-     * @access private
-     * @return int
-     * @param string $line A line from the YAML file
-     */
-  private function _getIndent($line) {
-    if (!preg_match('/^ +/',$line,$match)) return 0;
-    if (!empty($match[0])) return strlen ($match[0]);
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  /**
      * Parses YAML code and returns an array for a node
      * @access private
      * @return array
@@ -371,9 +486,11 @@ class Spyc {
     if (!$line) return array();
     $line = trim($line);
     if (!$line) return array();
+
     $array = array();
 
-    if ($group = $this->nodeContainsGroup($line)) {
+    $group = $this->nodeContainsGroup($line);
+    if ($group) {
       $this->addGroup($line, $group);
       $line = $this->stripGroup ($line, $group);
     }
@@ -388,9 +505,9 @@ class Spyc {
      return $this->returnArrayElement($line);
 
     if ($this->isPlainArray($line))
-     return $this->returnPlainArray($line);
-
-
+     return $this->returnPlainArray($line); 
+     
+     
     return $this->returnKeyValuePair($line);
 
   }
@@ -402,46 +519,55 @@ class Spyc {
      * @return mixed
      */
   private function _toType($value) {
+    if ($value === '') return null;
+    $first_character = $value[0];
+    $last_character = substr($value, -1, 1);
+
     $is_quoted = false;
     do {
       if (!$value) break;
-      if (substr($value, 0, 1) != '"' && substr($value, 0, 1) != "'") break;
-      if (substr($value, -1, 1) != '"' && substr($value, -1, 1) != "'") break;
+      if ($first_character != '"' && $first_character != "'") break;
+      if ($last_character != '"' && $last_character != "'") break;
       $is_quoted = true;
     } while (0);
 
-    if (!$is_quoted && strpos($value, ' #') !== false)
+    if ($is_quoted)
+      return strtr(substr ($value, 1, -1), array ('\\"' => '"', '\'\'' => '\'', '\\\'' => '\''));
+    
+    if (strpos($value, ' #') !== false && !$is_quoted)
       $value = preg_replace('/\s+#(.+)$/','',$value);
 
-    if (preg_match('/^("(.*)"|\'(.*)\')/',$value,$matches)) {
-      $value = (string)preg_replace('/(\'\'|\\\\\')/',"'",end($matches));
-      $value = preg_replace('/\\\\"/','"',$value);
-    } elseif (preg_match('/^\\[(.+)\\]$/',$value,$matches)) {
-      // Inline Sequence
+    if (!$is_quoted) $value = str_replace('\n', "\n", $value);
 
+    if ($first_character == '[' && $last_character == ']') {
       // Take out strings sequences and mappings
-      $explode = $this->_inlineEscape($matches[1]);
-
+      $innerValue = trim(substr ($value, 1, -1));
+      if ($innerValue === '') return array();
+      $explode = $this->_inlineEscape($innerValue);
       // Propagate value array
       $value  = array();
       foreach ($explode as $v) {
         $value[] = $this->_toType($v);
       }
-    } elseif (strpos($value,': ')!==false && !preg_match('/^{(.+)/',$value)) {
-      // It's a map
+      return $value;
+    }
+
+    if (strpos($value,': ')!==false && $first_character != '{') {
       $array = explode(': ',$value);
       $key   = trim($array[0]);
       array_shift($array);
       $value = trim(implode(': ',$array));
       $value = $this->_toType($value);
-      $value = array($key => $value);
-    } elseif (preg_match("/{(.+)}$/",$value,$matches)) {
+      return array($key => $value);
+    }
+    
+    if ($first_character == '{' && $last_character == '}') {
+      $innerValue = trim(substr ($value, 1, -1));
+      if ($innerValue === '') return array();
       // Inline Mapping
-
       // Take out strings sequences and mappings
-      $explode = $this->_inlineEscape($matches[1]);
-
-      // Propogate value array
+      $explode = $this->_inlineEscape($innerValue);
+      // Propagate value array
       $array = array();
       foreach ($explode as $v) {
         $SubArr = $this->_toType($v);
@@ -451,30 +577,37 @@ class Spyc {
         }
         $array[] = $SubArr;
       }
-      $value = $array;
-    } elseif (strtolower($value) == 'null' or $value == '' or $value == '~') {
-      $value = null;
-    } elseif (preg_match ('/^[1-9]+[0-9]*$/', $value)) {
+      return $array;
+    }
+
+    if ($value == 'null' || $value == 'NULL' || $value == 'Null' || $value == '' || $value == '~') {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if ( is_numeric($value) && preg_match ('/^(-|)[1-9]+[0-9]*$/', $value) ){
       $intvalue = (int)$value;
       if ($intvalue != PHP_INT_MAX)
         $value = $intvalue;
-    } elseif (in_array(strtolower($value),
-    array('true', 'on', '+', 'yes', 'y'))) {
-      $value = true;
-    } elseif (in_array(strtolower($value),
-    array('false', 'off', '-', 'no', 'n'))) {
-      $value = false;
-    } elseif (is_numeric($value)) {
-      if ($value === '0') return 0;
-      if (trim ($value, 0) === $value)
-        $value = (float)$value;
-    } else {
-      // Just a normal string, right?
+      return $value;
+    }
 
+    if (in_array($value,
+                 array('true', 'on', '+', 'yes', 'y', 'True', 'TRUE', 'On', 'ON', 'YES', 'Yes', 'Y'))) {
+      return true;
     }
 
+    if (in_array(strtolower($value),
+                 array('false', 'off', '-', 'no', 'n'))) {
+      return false;
+    }
 
-    //  print_r ($value);
+    if (is_numeric($value)) {
+      if ($value === '0') return 0;
+      if (rtrim ($value, 0) === $value)
+        $value = (float)$value;
+      return $value;
+    }
+    
     return $value;
   }
 
@@ -489,6 +622,8 @@ class Spyc {
     // pure mappings and mappings with sequences inside can't go very
     // deep.  This needs to be fixed.
 
+    $seqs = array();
+    $maps = array();
     $saved_strings = array();
 
     // Check for strings
@@ -499,39 +634,50 @@ class Spyc {
     }
     unset($regex);
 
+    $i = 0;
+    do {
+
     // Check for sequences
-    if (preg_match_all('/\[(.+)\]/U',$inline,$seqs)) {
-      $inline = preg_replace('/\[(.+)\]/U','YAMLSeq',$inline);
-      $seqs   = $seqs[0];
+    while (preg_match('/\[([^{}\[\]]+)\]/U',$inline,$matchseqs)) {
+      $seqs[] = $matchseqs[0];
+      $inline = preg_replace('/\[([^{}\[\]]+)\]/U', ('YAMLSeq' . (count($seqs) - 1) . 's'), $inline, 1);
     }
 
     // Check for mappings
-    if (preg_match_all('/{(.+)}/U',$inline,$maps)) {
-      $inline = preg_replace('/{(.+)}/U','YAMLMap',$inline);
-      $maps   = $maps[0];
+    while (preg_match('/{([^\[\]{}]+)}/U',$inline,$matchmaps)) {
+      $maps[] = $matchmaps[0];
+      $inline = preg_replace('/{([^\[\]{}]+)}/U', ('YAMLMap' . (count($maps) - 1) . 's'), $inline, 1);
     }
 
+    if ($i++ >= 10) break;
+
+    } while (strpos ($inline, '[') !== false || strpos ($inline, '{') !== false);
+
     $explode = explode(', ',$inline);
+    $stringi = 0; $i = 0;
 
+    while (1) {
 
     // Re-add the sequences
     if (!empty($seqs)) {
-      $i = 0;
       foreach ($explode as $key => $value) {
         if (strpos($value,'YAMLSeq') !== false) {
-          $explode[$key] = str_replace('YAMLSeq',$seqs[$i],$value);
-          ++$i;
+          foreach ($seqs as $seqk => $seq) {
+            $explode[$key] = str_replace(('YAMLSeq'.$seqk.'s'),$seq,$value);
+            $value = $explode[$key];
+          }
         }
       }
     }
 
     // Re-add the mappings
     if (!empty($maps)) {
-      $i = 0;
       foreach ($explode as $key => $value) {
         if (strpos($value,'YAMLMap') !== false) {
-          $explode[$key] = str_replace('YAMLMap',$maps[$i],$value);
-          ++$i;
+          foreach ($maps as $mapk => $map) {
+            $explode[$key] = str_replace(('YAMLMap'.$mapk.'s'), $map, $value);
+            $value = $explode[$key];
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -539,29 +685,60 @@ class Spyc {
 
     // Re-add the strings
     if (!empty($saved_strings)) {
-      $i = 0;
       foreach ($explode as $key => $value) {
         while (strpos($value,'YAMLString') !== false) {
-          $explode[$key] = preg_replace('/YAMLString/',$saved_strings[$i],$value, 1);
-          ++$i;
+          $explode[$key] = preg_replace('/YAMLString/',$saved_strings[$stringi],$value, 1);
+          unset($saved_strings[$stringi]);
+          ++$stringi;
           $value = $explode[$key];
         }
       }
     }
 
+    $finished = true;
+    foreach ($explode as $key => $value) {
+      if (strpos($value,'YAMLSeq') !== false) {
+        $finished = false; break;
+      }
+      if (strpos($value,'YAMLMap') !== false) {
+        $finished = false; break;
+      }
+      if (strpos($value,'YAMLString') !== false) {
+        $finished = false; break;
+      }
+    }
+    if ($finished) break;
+
+    $i++;
+    if ($i > 10) 
+      break; // Prevent infinite loops.
+    }
+
     return $explode;
   }
 
   private function literalBlockContinues ($line, $lineIndent) {
     if (!trim($line)) return true;
-    if ($this->_getIndent($line) > $lineIndent) return true;
+    if (strlen($line) - strlen(ltrim($line)) > $lineIndent) return true;
     return false;
   }
 
+  private function referenceContentsByAlias ($alias) {
+    do {
+      if (!isset($this->SavedGroups[$alias])) { echo "Bad group name: $alias."; break; }
+      $groupPath = $this->SavedGroups[$alias];
+      $value = $this->result;
+      foreach ($groupPath as $k) {
+        $value = $value[$k];
+      }
+    } while (false);
+    return $value;
+  }
+
   private function addArrayInline ($array, $indent) {
       $CommonGroupPath = $this->path;
       if (empty ($array)) return false;
-
+      
       foreach ($array as $k => $_) {
         $this->addArray(array($k => $_), $indent);
         $this->path = $CommonGroupPath;
@@ -569,91 +746,115 @@ class Spyc {
       return true;
   }
 
-  private function addArray ($array, $indent) {
-
-    if (count ($array) > 1)
-      return $this->addArrayInline ($array, $indent);
+  private function addArray ($incoming_data, $incoming_indent) {
 
-    $key = key ($array);
+   // print_r ($incoming_data);
 
-    if (!isset ($array[$key])) return false;
-    if ($array[$key] === array()) { $array[$key] = ''; };
-    $value = $array[$key];
+    if (count ($incoming_data) > 1)
+      return $this->addArrayInline ($incoming_data, $incoming_indent);
+    
+    $key = key ($incoming_data);
+    $value = isset($incoming_data[$key]) ? $incoming_data[$key] : null;
+    if ($key === '__!YAMLZero') $key = '0';
 
-    // Unfolding inner array tree as defined in $this->_arrpath.
-    //$_arr = $this->result; $_tree[0] = $_arr; $i = 1;
+    if ($incoming_indent == 0 && !$this->_containsGroupAlias && !$this->_containsGroupAnchor) { // Shortcut for root-level values.
+      if ($key || $key === '' || $key === '0') {
+        $this->result[$key] = $value;
+      } else {
+        $this->result[] = $value; end ($this->result); $key = key ($this->result);
+      }
+      $this->path[$incoming_indent] = $key;
+      return;
+    }
 
-    $tempPath = Spyc::flatten ($this->path);
-    eval ('$_arr = $this->result' . $tempPath . ';');
 
+    
+    $history = array();
+    // Unfolding inner array tree.
+    $history[] = $_arr = $this->result;
+    foreach ($this->path as $k) {
+      $history[] = $_arr = $_arr[$k];
+    }
 
     if ($this->_containsGroupAlias) {
-      do {
-        if (!isset($this->SavedGroups[$this->_containsGroupAlias])) { echo "Bad group name: $this->_containsGroupAlias."; break; }
-        $groupPath = $this->SavedGroups[$this->_containsGroupAlias];
-        eval ('$value = $this->result' . Spyc::flatten ($groupPath) . ';');
-      } while (false);
+      $value = $this->referenceContentsByAlias($this->_containsGroupAlias);
       $this->_containsGroupAlias = false;
     }
 
 
     // Adding string or numeric key to the innermost level or $this->arr.
-    if ($key)
-    $_arr[$key] = $value;
-    else {
+    if (is_string($key) && $key == '<<') {
+      if (!is_array ($_arr)) { $_arr = array (); }
+
+      $_arr = array_merge ($_arr, $value);
+    } else if ($key || $key === '' || $key === '0') {
+      if (!is_array ($_arr))
+        $_arr = array ($key=>$value);
+      else
+        $_arr[$key] = $value;
+    } else {
       if (!is_array ($_arr)) { $_arr = array ($value); $key = 0; }
       else { $_arr[] = $value; end ($_arr); $key = key ($_arr); }
-
     }
 
-    $this->path[$indent] = $key;
+    $reverse_path = array_reverse($this->path);
+    $reverse_history = array_reverse ($history);
+    $reverse_history[0] = $_arr;
+    $cnt = count($reverse_history) - 1;
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $cnt; $i++) {
+      $reverse_history[$i+1][$reverse_path[$i]] = $reverse_history[$i];
+    }
+    $this->result = $reverse_history[$cnt];
 
-    eval ('$this->result' . $tempPath . ' = $_arr;');
+    $this->path[$incoming_indent] = $key;
 
     if ($this->_containsGroupAnchor) {
       $this->SavedGroups[$this->_containsGroupAnchor] = $this->path;
+      if (is_array ($value)) {
+        $k = key ($value);
+        if (!is_int ($k)) {
+          $this->SavedGroups[$this->_containsGroupAnchor][$incoming_indent + 2] = $k;
+        }
+      }
       $this->_containsGroupAnchor = false;
     }
 
-
-  }
-
-
-  private function flatten ($array) {
-    $tempPath = array();
-    if (!empty ($array)) {
-      foreach ($array as $_) {
-        if (!is_int($_)) $_ = "'$_'";
-        $tempPath[] = "[$_]";
-      }
-    }
-    //end ($tempPath); $latestKey = key($tempPath);
-    $tempPath = implode ('', $tempPath);
-    return $tempPath;
   }
 
-
-
-  private function startsLiteralBlock ($line) {
+  private static function startsLiteralBlock ($line) {
     $lastChar = substr (trim($line), -1);
-    if (in_array ($lastChar, $this->LiteralBlockMarkers))
+    if ($lastChar != '>' && $lastChar != '|') return false;
+    if ($lastChar == '|') return $lastChar;
+    // HTML tags should not be counted as literal blocks.
+    if (preg_match ('#<.*?>$#', $line)) return false;
     return $lastChar;
-    return false;
   }
 
-  private function addLiteralLine ($literalBlock, $line, $literalBlockStyle) {
-    $line = $this->stripIndent($line);
-    $line = str_replace ("\r\n", "\n", $line);
+  private static function greedilyNeedNextLine($line) {
+    $line = trim ($line);
+    if (!strlen($line)) return false;
+    if (substr ($line, -1, 1) == ']') return false;
+    if ($line[0] == '[') return true;
+    if (preg_match ('#^[^:]+?:\s*\[#', $line)) return true;
+    return false;
+  }
 
+  private function addLiteralLine ($literalBlock, $line, $literalBlockStyle, $indent = -1) {
+    $line = self::stripIndent($line, $indent);
+    if ($literalBlockStyle !== '|') {
+        $line = self::stripIndent($line);
+    }
+    $line = rtrim ($line, "\r\n\t ") . "\n";
     if ($literalBlockStyle == '|') {
       return $literalBlock . $line;
     }
-    if (strlen($line) == 0) return $literalBlock . "\n";
-
-   // echo "|$line|";
+    if (strlen($line) == 0)
+      return rtrim($literalBlock, ' ') . "\n";
+    if ($line == "\n" && $literalBlockStyle == '>') {
+      return rtrim ($literalBlock, " \t") . "\n";
+    }
     if ($line != "\n")
       $line = trim ($line, "\r\n ") . " ";
-
     return $literalBlock . $line;
   }
 
@@ -667,15 +868,13 @@ class Spyc {
      return $lineArray;
    }
 
-  private function stripIndent ($line, $indent = -1) {
-    if ($indent == -1) $indent = $this->_getIndent($line);
+  private static function stripIndent ($line, $indent = -1) {
+    if ($indent == -1) $indent = strlen($line) - strlen(ltrim($line));
     return substr ($line, $indent);
   }
 
   private function getParentPathByIndent ($indent) {
-
     if ($indent == 0) return array();
-
     $linePath = $this->path;
     do {
       end($linePath); $lastIndentInParentPath = key($linePath);
@@ -699,27 +898,29 @@ class Spyc {
   }
 
 
-  private function isComment ($line) {
-    if (preg_match('/^#/', $line)) return true;
+  private static function isComment ($line) {
+    if (!$line) return false;
+    if ($line[0] == '#') return true;
     if (trim($line, " \r\n\t") == '---') return true;
     return false;
   }
 
+  private static function isEmpty ($line) {
+    return (trim ($line) === '');
+  }
+
+
   private function isArrayElement ($line) {
     if (!$line) return false;
     if ($line[0] != '-') return false;
     if (strlen ($line) > 3)
       if (substr($line,0,3) == '---') return false;
-
+    
     return true;
   }
 
   private function isHashElement ($line) {
-    if (!preg_match('/^(.+?):/', $line, $matches)) return false;
-    $allegedKey = $matches[1];
-    if ($allegedKey) return true;
-    //if (substr_count($allegedKey, )
-    return false;
+    return strpos($line, ':');
   }
 
   private function isLiteral ($line) {
@@ -729,45 +930,52 @@ class Spyc {
   }
 
 
+  private static function unquote ($value) {
+    if (!$value) return $value;
+    if (!is_string($value)) return $value;
+    if ($value[0] == '\'') return trim ($value, '\'');
+    if ($value[0] == '"') return trim ($value, '"');
+    return $value;
+  }
+
   private function startsMappedSequence ($line) {
-    if (preg_match('/^-(.*):$/',$line)) return true;
+    return ($line[0] == '-' && substr ($line, -1, 1) == ':');
   }
 
   private function returnMappedSequence ($line) {
     $array = array();
-    $key         = trim(substr(substr($line,1),0,-1));
-    $array[$key] = '';
-    return $array;
+    $key         = self::unquote(trim(substr($line,1,-1)));
+    $array[$key] = array();
+    $this->delayedPath = array(strpos ($line, $key) + $this->indent => $key);
+    return array($array);
   }
 
   private function returnMappedValue ($line) {
     $array = array();
-    $key         = trim(substr($line,0,-1));
+    $key         = self::unquote (trim(substr($line,0,-1)));
     $array[$key] = '';
     return $array;
   }
 
   private function startsMappedValue ($line) {
-    if (preg_match('/^(.*):$/',$line)) return true;
+    return (substr ($line, -1, 1) == ':');
   }
-
+  
   private function isPlainArray ($line) {
-    if (preg_match('/^\[(.*)\]$/', $line)) return true;
-    return false;
+    return ($line[0] == '[' && substr ($line, -1, 1) == ']');
   }
-
+  
   private function returnPlainArray ($line) {
-    return $this->_toType($line);
-  }
+    return $this->_toType($line); 
+  }  
 
   private function returnKeyValuePair ($line) {
-
     $array = array();
-
-    if (preg_match('/^(.+):/',$line,$key)) {
+    $key = '';
+    if (strpos ($line, ':')) {
       // It's a key/value pair most likely
       // If the key is in double quotes pull it out
-      if (preg_match('/^(["\'](.*)["\'](\s)*:)/',$line,$matches)) {
+      if (($line[0] == '"' || $line[0] == "'") && preg_match('/^(["\'](.*)["\'](\s)*:)/',$line,$matches)) {
         $value = trim(str_replace($matches[1],'',$line));
         $key   = $matches[2];
       } else {
@@ -777,16 +985,13 @@ class Spyc {
         array_shift($explode);
         $value   = trim(implode(':',$explode));
       }
-
       // Set the type of the value.  Int, string, etc
       $value = $this->_toType($value);
-      if (empty($key)) {
-        $array[]     = $value;
-      } else {
-        $array[$key] = $value;
-      }
+      if ($key === '0') $key = '__!YAMLZero';
+      $array[$key] = $value;
+    } else {
+      $array = array ($line);
     }
-
     return $array;
 
   }
@@ -802,20 +1007,21 @@ class Spyc {
   }
 
 
-  private function nodeContainsGroup ($line) {
+  private function nodeContainsGroup ($line) {    
     $symbolsForReference = 'A-z0-9_\-';
     if (strpos($line, '&') === false && strpos($line, '*') === false) return false; // Please die fast ;-)
-    if (preg_match('/^(&['.$symbolsForReference.']+)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
-    if (preg_match('/^(\*['.$symbolsForReference.']+)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
-    if (preg_match('/(&['.$symbolsForReference.']+$)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
+    if ($line[0] == '&' && preg_match('/^(&['.$symbolsForReference.']+)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
+    if ($line[0] == '*' && preg_match('/^(\*['.$symbolsForReference.']+)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
+    if (preg_match('/(&['.$symbolsForReference.']+)$/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
     if (preg_match('/(\*['.$symbolsForReference.']+$)/', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
+    if (preg_match ('#^\s*<<\s*:\s*(\*[^\s]+).*$#', $line, $matches)) return $matches[1];
     return false;
 
   }
 
   private function addGroup ($line, $group) {
-    if (substr ($group, 0, 1) == '&') $this->_containsGroupAnchor = substr ($group, 1);
-    if (substr ($group, 0, 1) == '*') $this->_containsGroupAlias = substr ($group, 1);
+    if ($group[0] == '&') $this->_containsGroupAnchor = substr ($group, 1);
+    if ($group[0] == '*') $this->_containsGroupAlias = substr ($group, 1);
     //print_r ($this->path);
   }
 
@@ -823,7 +1029,18 @@ class Spyc {
     $line = trim(str_replace($group, '', $line));
     return $line;
   }
+}
 
+// Enable use of Spyc from command line
+// The syntax is the following: php spyc.php spyc.yaml
 
-}
-?>
+define ('SPYC_FROM_COMMAND_LINE', false);
+
+do {
+  if (!SPYC_FROM_COMMAND_LINE) break;
+  if (empty ($_SERVER['argc']) || $_SERVER['argc'] < 2) break;
+  if (empty ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) || $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] != 'spyc.php') break;
+  $file = $argv[1];
+  printf ("Spyc loading file: %s\n", $file);
+  print_r (spyc_load_file ($file));
+} while (0);
\ No newline at end of file
