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Javascript htmlspecialchars

Convert special characters to HTML entities

Example 1

Running
1.htmlspecialchars("Test", 'ENT_QUOTES');

Could return
1.'<a href='test'>Test</a>'

function htmlspecialchars (string, quote_style) {
    // Convert special characters to HTML entities  
    // 
    // version: 812.3017
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/htmlspecialchars
    // +   original by: Mirek Slugen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Nathan
    // +   bugfixed by: Arno
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", 'ENT_QUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '&lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;'
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

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