Escape Quotes In HTML5 Data Attribute Using Javascript

Question

I\'m using jQuery\'s .data() to work with custom HTML5 data attributes where the value of the attribute needs to be able to contain both single quotes and doubl

Answer 1

As I use the data attribute to transport some data together with the html element from PHP to the JavaScript, I just use base64_encode on the backend , then on the client side use base64Decode(input) to get the data back. This way I avoid any and all escaping orgy. The JavasScript code I use is located here http://www.webtoolkit.info/