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17 years ago
A common issue seems to be adding javascript to CDATA and the browser throwing a javascript error. To ensure the javascript works use the following code when adding CDATA:

<?php
/**
 * Append Caracter Data to a node and check for a javascript node
 * 
 * @param DOMElement $appendToNode
 * @param string $text
 */
function appendCdata($appendToNode, $text) 
{
    if (strtolower($appendToNode->nodeName) == 'script') {  // Javascript hack
        $cm = $appendToNode->ownerDocument->createTextNode("\n//");
        $ct = $appendToNode->ownerDocument->createCDATASection("\n" . $text . "\n//");
        $appendToNode->appendChild($cm);
        $appendToNode->appendChild($ct);
    } else {  // Normal CDATA node
        $ct = $appendToNode->ownerDocument->createCDATASection($text);
        $appendToNode->appendChild($ct);
    }
}
?>
The result should be:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function someJsText() {
   document.write('Some js with <a href="#">HTML</a> content');
}
//]]></script>
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