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Decontaminate text in PHP, preparing for json_decode
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| /** | |
| * Text cleaner | |
| * | |
| * Primary sources: | |
| * - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17219916/json-decode-returns-json-error-syntax-but-online-formatter-says-the-json-is-ok | |
| * - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2348152/detect-bad-json-data-in-php-json-decode | |
| */ | |
| function decontaminate_text( | |
| $text, | |
| $remove_tags = true, |