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;
}








function get_html_translation_table(table, quote_style) {
// *     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;
}