Answers for "escape string in html"

html escape characters

Escapes or unescapes an HTML file removing traces of offending characters that could be wrongfully interpreted as markup.

The following characters are reserved in HTML and must be replaced with their corresponding HTML entities:

" is replaced with "
& is replaced with &
< is replaced with &lt;
> is replaced with &gt;

javascript escape html string

function escapeHtml(str) {
    return str.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;").replace(/"/g, "&quot;").replace(/'/g, "&#039;");
}

html escape function javascript

function escapeHTML(text) {  
    var replacements= {"<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;","&": "&amp;", """: "&quot;"};                      
    return text.replace(/[<>&"]/g, function(character) {  
        return replacements[character];  
    }); 
}

javascript escape html string

//escaping HTML with jquery
var dangerousHTML = "<script>alert('Badabing Baby!');</script>";
$("#myElementID").text(dangerousHTML); //.text() function will escape and display text


//Alternatively, here is plain Javascript escape function
function escapeHtml(str) {
    return str.replace(/&/g, "&").replace(/</g, "<").replace(/>/g, ">").replace(/"/g, """).replace(/'/g, "'");
}