ENCODE{"string"} -- encodes a string to HTML entities
- Encode "special" characters to HTML numeric entities. Encoded characters are:
- all non-printable ASCII characters below space, except newline (
"\n") and linefeed ("\r")
- HTML special characters
"<", ">", "&", single quote (') and double quote (")
- TWiki special characters
"%", "[", "]", "@", "_", "*", "=" and "|"
- Syntax:
%ENCODE{"string"}%
- Supported parameters:
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
"string" | String to encode | required (can be empty) |
type="entity" | Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into " | URL encoding |
type="url" | Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 | (this is the default) |
- Example:
%ENCODE{"spaced name"}% expands to spaced%20name
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Note: Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded, for example:
<input type="text" name="address" value="%ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" />
- Related: URLPARAM
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