HTML Encoder
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HTML Encoder is used to encode or escape text that is normally unsafe for transmission in HTML. These are special characters that have special meaning in the HTML format.
Output: HTML encoded text
Background Information
Certain characters need to be encoded (escaped) in HTML. Read more at wikipedia.
Example Substitutions
- & → & (ampersand, U+0026)
- < → < (less-than sign, U+003C)
- > → > (greater-than sign, U+003E)
- " → " (quotation mark, U+0022)
- ' → ' (apostrophe, U+0027)
How to do HTML encoding in various programming languages
- Language: C#
- Encode:
System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode() - Decode:
System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode() - Example: Example
- Documentation: HtmlEncode() HtmlDecode()
- Language: VB .NET
- Encode:
System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode() - Decode:
System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode() - Example: Example
- Documentation: HtmlEncode() HtmlDecode()
- Language: Java
- Encode:
org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml() - Decode:
org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml() - Example: Example
- Documentation: escapeHtml() unescapeHtml()
- Language: JavaScript
- Encode:
htmlEncode() - Decode:
htmlDecode() - Example: Example
- Documentation:
- Language: Python
- Encode:
html.escape() - Decode:
html.unescape() - Example: escape() unescape()
- Documentation: Documentation
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- Aug 20, 2017
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