diff --git a/wire/core/WireTextTools.php b/wire/core/WireTextTools.php
index d9c02a4d..2350a6cf 100644
--- a/wire/core/WireTextTools.php
+++ b/wire/core/WireTextTools.php
@@ -854,6 +854,117 @@ class WireTextTools extends Wire {
 		return $str; 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Given two arrays, return array of the changes with 'ins' and 'del' keys
+	 * 
+	 * Based upon Paul Butler’s Simple Diff Algorithm v0.1 © 2007 (zlib/libpng) https://paulbutler.org
+	 * 
+	 * @param array $oldArray
+	 * @param array $newArray
+	 * @return array
+	 * 
+	 */
+	protected function diffArray(array $oldArray, array $newArray) {
+		
+		$matrix = array();
+		$maxLen = 0;
+		$oldMax = 0; 
+		$newMax = 0;
+		
+		foreach($oldArray as $oldKey => $oldValue){
+			
+			$newKeys = array_keys($newArray, $oldValue);
+			
+			foreach($newKeys as $newKey) {
+				$len = 1;
+				if(isset($matrix[$oldKey - 1][$newKey - 1])) {
+					$len = $matrix[$oldKey - 1][$newKey - 1] + 1;
+				}
+				$matrix[$oldKey][$newKey] = $len;
+
+				if($len > $maxLen) {
+					$maxLen = $len;
+					$oldMax = $oldKey + 1 - $maxLen;
+					$newMax = $newKey + 1 - $maxLen;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if($maxLen == 0) {
+			$result = array(
+				array('del' => $oldArray, 'ins' => $newArray)
+			);
+			
+		} else {
+			$result = array_merge(
+				$this->diffArray(
+					array_slice($oldArray, 0, $oldMax), 
+					array_slice($newArray, 0, $newMax)
+				),
+				array_slice($newArray, $newMax, $maxLen),
+				$this->diffArray(
+					array_slice($oldArray, $oldMax + $maxLen), 
+					array_slice($newArray, $newMax + $maxLen)
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Given two strings ($old and $new) return a diff string in HTML markup
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $old Old string value
+	 * @param string $new New string value
+	 * @param array $options Options to modify behavior:
+	 *  - `ins` (string) Markup to use for diff insertions (default: `<ins>{out}</ins>`)
+	 *  - `del` (string) Markup to use for diff deletions (default: `<del>{out}</del>`)
+	 *  - `entityEncode` (bool): Entity encode values, other than added ins/del tags? (default=true)
+	 *  - `split` (string): Regex used to split strings for parts to diff (default=`\s+`)
+	 * @return string
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public function diffMarkup($old, $new, array $options = array()) {
+		
+		$defaults = array(
+			'ins' => "<ins>{out}</ins>",
+			'del' => "<del>{out}</del>", 
+			'entityEncode' => true,
+			'split' => '\s+', 
+		);
+		
+		/** @var Sanitizer $sanitizer */
+		$sanitizer = $this->wire('sanitizer');
+		list($old, $new) = array("$old", "$new"); // enforce as string
+		$options = array_merge($defaults, $options);
+		$oldArray = preg_split("!($options[split])!", $old, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
+		$newArray = preg_split("!($options[split])!", $new, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
+		$diffArray = $this->diffArray($oldArray, $newArray);
+		list(,$delClose) = explode('{out}', $options['del'], 2);
+		list($insOpen,) = explode('{out}', $options['ins'], 2); 
+		$out = '';
+		
+		foreach($diffArray as $diff) {
+			if(is_array($diff)) {
+				foreach(array('del', 'ins') as $key) {
+					if(empty($diff[$key])) continue;
+					$diffStr = implode('', $diff[$key]);
+					if($options['entityEncode']) $diffStr = $sanitizer->entities1($diffStr);
+					$out .= str_replace('{out}', $diffStr, $options[$key]);
+				}
+			} else {
+				$out .= ($options['entityEncode'] ? $sanitizer->entities1($diff) : $diff);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(strpos($out, "$delClose$insOpen")) {
+			// put a space between '</del><ins>' so that it is '</del> <ins>'
+			$out = str_replace("$delClose$insOpen", "$delClose $insOpen", $out);
+		}
+		
+		return $out;
+	}
 	
 	/***********************************************************************************************************
 	 * MULTIBYTE PHP STRING FUNCTIONS THAT FALLBACK WHEN MBSTRING NOT AVAILABLE