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This is like PHP's htmlentities, but for JS
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htmlentities.js
const htmlEntities = (str) => String(str)
.replace(/&/g, '&')
.replace(/</g, '&lt;')
.replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
.replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
.replace(/'/g, '&apos;')
const unhtmlEntities = (str) => String(str)
.replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
.replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
.replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
.replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
.replace(/&apos;/g, "'")
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