Question

I’m generating a JSON file using PHP’s json_encode function, and I’ve escaped double-quote characters with ", so the output line looks like this:

"apply_instructions":"<p>Visit <a href=&#34;http:\/\/www.google.com&#34;>www.google.com<\/a><\/p>"

I’m then using JQuery’s getJSON function to retrieve and loop through the file. I’m attempting to unencode the " using this:

entry.apply_instructions = entry.apply_instructions.replace('"', '"');

For whatever reason, it’s not working. The first quote mark seems to be getting replaced, but the second one won’t budge. I’ve tried using other random find-and-replace characters, with similar results.

Answer 1

.replace() only replaces the first instance, you need to use regex to do a global replace.

IE:

.replace(/"/g, "\"");