The HTML Entity Encoder is a vital utility for web developers and content creators. It converts characters that have special meaning in HTML (like `<` and `>`) into their corresponding entity codes (like `<` and `>`). This process is crucial when you want to display HTML code itself on a webpage without the browser interpreting it as actual markup.
By encoding your text, you can safely render code examples, mathematical symbols, or any text containing special characters. This also serves as a basic security measure to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by neutralizing potentially malicious code.
By encoding your text, you can safely render code examples, mathematical symbols, or any text containing special characters. This also serves as a basic security measure to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by neutralizing potentially malicious code.
🔒HTML Entity Encoder
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I need to encode HTML entities?
If you want to display the text `<p>` on your website, the browser will try to render it as an actual paragraph tag. By encoding it to `<p>`, you are telling the browser to display the literal characters `<p>` instead of interpreting them as code.
What characters are encoded?
This utility encodes the most critical HTML characters, including the ampersand (`&`), less than (`<`), greater than (`>`), double quote (`"`), and single quote (`'`).
