Can't unescape JSON content in javascript

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:开发者_C百科

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.

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

IE:

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

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Try not escaping the quotes (in php):

$arr = array( 
    "apply_instructions"=>'<p>Visit <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a></p>'
);

echo json_encode($arr); // it will do all the escaping for you

See demo: http://codepad.org/VzT99sqM

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You can either use regex to replace all instances of ".

Or use a different function to escape the quotes using backslashes.