Escape strings for use in JavaScript

When using parameters from the URL, it should always be sanitized before using it in your javascript.

Using jQuery you can easily do:

var safeString = $(“<span></span>”).text(unsafeString).html();

Using plain javascript:

var entityMap = {
    "&": "&",
    "<": "&lt;",
    ">": "&gt;",
    '"': '&quot;',
    "'": '&#39;',
    "/": '&#x2F;'
  };

  function escapeHtml(string) {
    return String(string).replace(/[&<>"'\/]/g, function (s) {
      return entityMap[s];
    });
  }

The stackoverflow discussion can be found here:  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24816/escaping-html-strings-with-jquery