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)
    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +      input by: Ratheous
    // +      input by: Mailfaker (http://www.weedem.fr/)
    // +      reimplemented by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +    bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars_decode("<p>this -&gt; &quot;</p>", 'ENT_NOQUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '<p>this -> &quot;</p>'
    // *     example 2: htmlspecialchars_decode("&amp;quot;");
    // *     returns 2: '&quot;'

    var optTemp = 0, i = 0, noquotes= false;
    if (typeof quote_style === 'undefined') {
        quote_style = 2;
    }
    string = string.toString().replace(/&lt;/g, '<').replace(/&gt;/g, '>');
    var OPTS = {
        'ENT_NOQUOTES': 0,
        'ENT_HTML_QUOTE_SINGLE' : 1,
        'ENT_HTML_QUOTE_DOUBLE' : 2,
        'ENT_COMPAT': 2,
        'ENT_QUOTES': 3,
        'ENT_IGNORE' : 4
    };
    if (quote_style === 0) {
        noquotes = true;
    }
    if (typeof quote_style !== 'number') { // Allow for a single string or an array of string flags
        quote_style = [].concat(quote_style);
        for (i=0; i < quote_style.length; i++) {
            // Resolve string input to bitwise e.g. 'PATHINFO_EXTENSION' becomes 4
            if (OPTS[quote_style[i]] === 0) {
                noquotes = true;
            }
            else if (OPTS[quote_style[i]]) {
                optTemp = optTemp | OPTS[quote_style[i]];
            }
        }
        quote_style = optTemp;
    }
    if (quote_style & OPTS.ENT_HTML_QUOTE_SINGLE) {
        string = string.replace(/&#0*39;/g, "'"); // PHP doesn't currently escape if more than one 0, but it should
        // string = string.replace(/&apos;|&#x0*27;/g, "'"); // This would also be useful here, but not a part of PHP
    }
    if (!noquotes) {
        string = string.replace(/&quot;/g, '"');
    }
    // Put this in last place to avoid escape being double-decoded
    string = string.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');

    return string;
}