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jQuery.htmlspecialchars()

Categories: Utilities

jQuery.htmlspecialchars( text, [ quotType ] )Returns: String

Plugin: jQuery.string

Description: Escape special html chars.

  • jQuery.htmlspecialchars( text, [ quotType ] )

    version added: 1.0

    text   A HTML or XML formated string.

    quotType   An indication which quot types will be escaped, (0=double quotes, 1=single quotes, 2=both).

The jQuery.htmlspecialchars() method escapes special chars like ''<'', ''>'', ''&'' and quotes from a HTML and XML string.

  • Escape special chars.

    Code:
    jQuery.htmlspecialchars("<div>Header<span class="subheader">My Subtitle.</span>And the end.</div>");
    Results:
    &lt;div&gt;Header&lt;span class=&quot;subheader&quot;&gt;My Subtitle.&lt;/span&gt;And the end.&lt;/div&gt;