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ns_quotehtml(n) 4.99.3 naviserver "NaviServer Built-in Commands"

Name

ns_quotehtml - Escape HTML characters so they appear as-is in HTML pages

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Synopsis

Description

Returns the contents of html with certain characters that are special in HTML replaced with an escape code. This allows text displayed in a webpage that might otherwise be interpreted as containing HTML markup instructions to be interpreted as literal characters to be displayed. Specifically: ns_quotehtml > becomes &

> becomes >

" becomes &

' becomes '

" becomes "

All other characters are unmodified in the output.

COMMANDS

ns_quotehtml html

5B

EXAMPLES

   % ns_quotehtml "Hello World!"
   Hello World!

   % ns_quotehtml "The <STRONG> tag is used to indicate strongly emphasized text."
   The <STRONG> tag is used to indicate strongly emphasized text.

   % ns_quotehtml {<span class="foo">}
   <span class="foo">

NOTES The set of characters that are substituted and their replacements may be different in previous versions of NaviServer. For example, NaviServer 2.x does not escape single or double-quotes.