function get_html_translation_table(table, quote_style){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Philip Peterson
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: noname
    // %          note: It has been decided that we're not going to add global
    // %          note: dependencies to php.js. Meaning the constants are not
    // %          note: real constants, but strings instead. integers are also supported if someone
    // %          note: chooses to create the constants themselves.
    // %          note: Table from http://www.the-art-of-web.com/html/character-codes/
    // *     example 1: get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    // *     returns 1: {'"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;'}
    
    var entities = {}, histogram = {}, decimal = 0, symbol = '';
    var constMappingTable = {}, constMappingQuoteStyle = {};
    var useTable = {}, useQuoteStyle = {};
    
    useTable = (table ? table.toUpperCase() : 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    useQuoteStyle = (quote_style ? quote_style.toUpperCase() : 'ENT_COMPAT');
    
    // Translate arguments
    constMappingTable[0] = 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS';
    constMappingTable[1] = 'HTML_ENTITIES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[0] = 'ENT_NOQUOTES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[2] = 'ENT_COMPAT';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[3] = 'ENT_QUOTES';
    
    // Map numbers to strings for compatibilty with PHP constants
    if (!isNaN(useTable)) {
        useTable = constMappingTable[useTable];
    }
    if (!isNaN(useQuoteStyle)) {
        useQuoteStyle = constMappingQuoteStyle[useQuoteStyle];
    }
    
    if (useQuoteStyle != 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
        entities['34'] = '&quot;';
    }
    
    if (useQuoteStyle == 'ENT_QUOTES') {
        entities['39'] = '&#039;';
    }
    
    if (useTable == 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS') {
        // ascii decimals for better compatibility
        entities['38'] = '&amp;';
        entities['60'] = '&lt;';
        entities['62'] = '&gt;';
    }
    else 
        if (useTable == 'HTML_ENTITIES') {
            // ascii decimals for better compatibility
            entities['38'] = '&amp;';
            entities['60'] = '&lt;';
            entities['62'] = '&gt;';
            entities['160'] = '&nbsp;';
            entities['161'] = '&iexcl;';
            entities['162'] = '&cent;';
            entities['163'] = '&pound;';
            entities['164'] = '&curren;';
            entities['165'] = '&yen;';
            entities['166'] = '&brvbar;';
            entities['167'] = '&sect;';
            entities['168'] = '&uml;';
            entities['169'] = '&copy;';
            entities['170'] = '&ordf;';
            entities['171'] = '&laquo;';
            entities['172'] = '&not;';
            entities['173'] = '&shy;';
            entities['174'] = '&reg;';
            entities['175'] = '&macr;';
            entities['176'] = '&deg;';
            entities['177'] = '&plusmn;';
            entities['178'] = '&sup2;';
            entities['179'] = '&sup3;';
            entities['180'] = '&acute;';
            entities['181'] = '&micro;';
            entities['182'] = '&para;';
            entities['183'] = '&middot;';
            entities['184'] = '&cedil;';
            entities['185'] = '&sup1;';
            entities['186'] = '&ordm;';
            entities['187'] = '&raquo;';
            entities['188'] = '&frac14;';
            entities['189'] = '&frac12;';
            entities['190'] = '&frac34;';
            entities['191'] = '&iquest;';
            entities['192'] = '&Agrave;';
            entities['193'] = '&Aacute;';
            entities['194'] = '&Acirc;';
            entities['195'] = '&Atilde;';
            entities['196'] = '&Auml;';
            entities['197'] = '&Aring;';
            entities['198'] = '&AElig;';
            entities['199'] = '&Ccedil;';
            entities['200'] = '&Egrave;';
            entities['201'] = '&Eacute;';
            entities['202'] = '&Ecirc;';
            entities['203'] = '&Euml;';
            entities['204'] = '&Igrave;';
            entities['205'] = '&Iacute;';
            entities['206'] = '&Icirc;';
            entities['207'] = '&Iuml;';
            entities['208'] = '&ETH;';
            entities['209'] = '&Ntilde;';
            entities['210'] = '&Ograve;';
            entities['211'] = '&Oacute;';
            entities['212'] = '&Ocirc;';
            entities['213'] = '&Otilde;';
            entities['214'] = '&Ouml;';
            entities['215'] = '&times;';
            entities['216'] = '&Oslash;';
            entities['217'] = '&Ugrave;';
            entities['218'] = '&Uacute;';
            entities['219'] = '&Ucirc;';
            entities['220'] = '&Uuml;';
            entities['221'] = '&Yacute;';
            entities['222'] = '&THORN;';
            entities['223'] = '&szlig;';
            entities['224'] = '&agrave;';
            entities['225'] = '&aacute;';
            entities['226'] = '&acirc;';
            entities['227'] = '&atilde;';
            entities['228'] = '&auml;';
            entities['229'] = '&aring;';
            entities['230'] = '&aelig;';
            entities['231'] = '&ccedil;';
            entities['232'] = '&egrave;';
            entities['233'] = '&eacute;';
            entities['234'] = '&ecirc;';
            entities['235'] = '&euml;';
            entities['236'] = '&igrave;';
            entities['237'] = '&iacute;';
            entities['238'] = '&icirc;';
            entities['239'] = '&iuml;';
            entities['240'] = '&eth;';
            entities['241'] = '&ntilde;';
            entities['242'] = '&ograve;';
            entities['243'] = '&oacute;';
            entities['244'] = '&ocirc;';
            entities['245'] = '&otilde;';
            entities['246'] = '&ouml;';
            entities['247'] = '&divide;';
            entities['248'] = '&oslash;';
            entities['249'] = '&ugrave;';
            entities['250'] = '&uacute;';
            entities['251'] = '&ucirc;';
            entities['252'] = '&uuml;';
            entities['253'] = '&yacute;';
            entities['254'] = '&thorn;';
            entities['255'] = '&yuml;';
        }
        else {
            throw Error("Table: " + useTable + ' not supported');
            return false;
        }
    
    // ascii decimals to real symbols
    for (decimal in entities) {
        symbol = String.fromCharCode(decimal)
        histogram[symbol] = entities[decimal];
    }
    
    return histogram;
}

function htmlspecialchars_decode(string, quote_style){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Mirek Slugen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Mateusz "loonquawl" Zalega
    // +      input by: ReverseSyntax
    // +      input by: Slawomir Kaniecki
    // +      input by: Scott Cariss
    // +      input by: Francois
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars_decode("<p>this -&gt; &quot;</p>", 'ENT_NOQUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '<p>this -> &quot;</p>'
    
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    
    // &amp; must be the last character when decoding!
    delete (histogram['&']);
    histogram['&'] = '&amp;';
    
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(entity).join(symbol);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}
