[whatwg] base64 entities

[Gordon P. Hemsley]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c at gmail.com> wrote:
> > PHP offers no JS-string-literal-escape function. `addslashes` is very close,
> > but won't handle some cases with non-ASCII characters correctly. Better to
> > use `json_encode` to transfer the string, then write as text:
> >
> >    elmt.textContent = <?php echo json_encode('Hi there, '+$name,
> > JSON_HEX_TAG); ?>
> >
> > (assuming innerText or Text Node backup for IE/older browsers.)
>
> Interesting, that's useful.  Too bad it only works in PHP 5.2 or higher.

PHP 5.2.0 came out in 2006. I don't see anything "too bad" about using
PHP 5.2 or higher with new technology.[1]

Regards,
Gordon

[1] See also: http://gophp5.org/

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