diff --git a/htdocs/sql/libraries/js_escape.lib.php b/htdocs/sql/libraries/js_escape.lib.php
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-<?php
-/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
-/**
- * Javascript escaping functions.
- *
- * @author Michal Čihař <michal@cihar.com>
- * @package phpMyAdmin
- *
- * @version $Id: js_escape.lib.php 11604 2008-09-22 14:09:44Z lem9 $
- */
-
-/**
- * Format a string so it can be a string inside JavaScript code inside an
- * eventhandler (onclick, onchange, on..., ).
- * This function is used to displays a javascript confirmation box for
- * "DROP/DELETE/ALTER" queries.
- *
- * @uses    PMA_escapeJsString()
- * @uses    PMA_backquote()
- * @uses    is_string()
- * @uses    htmlspecialchars()
- * @uses    str_replace()
- * @param   string   $a_string          the string to format
- * @param   boolean  $add_backquotes    whether to add backquotes to the string or not
- *
- * @return  string   the formatted string
- *
- * @access  public
- */
-function PMA_jsFormat($a_string = '', $add_backquotes = true)
-{
-    if (is_string($a_string)) {
-        $a_string = htmlspecialchars($a_string);
-        $a_string = PMA_escapeJsString($a_string);
-        /**
-         * @todo what is this good for?
-         */
-        $a_string = str_replace('#', '\\#', $a_string);
-    }
-
-    return (($add_backquotes) ? PMA_backquote($a_string) : $a_string);
-} // end of the 'PMA_jsFormat()' function
-
-/**
- * escapes a string to be inserted as string a JavaScript block
- * enclosed by <![CDATA[ ... ]]>
- * this requires only to escape ' with \' and end of script block
- *
- * We also remove NUL byte as some browsers (namely MSIE) ignore it and
- * inserting it anywhere inside </script would allow to bypass this check.
- *
- * @uses    strtr()
- * @uses    preg_replace()
- * @param   string  $string the string to be escaped
- * @return  string  the escaped string
- */
-function PMA_escapeJsString($string)
-{
-    return preg_replace('@</script@i', '</\' + \'script',
-                        strtr($string, array(
-                                "\000" => '',
-                                '\\' => '\\\\',
-                                '\'' => '\\\'',
-                                "\n" => '\n',
-                                "\r" => '\r')));
-}
-
-?>