Escape text for HTML (< & …) or turn entities back into text.
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Characters like < and & have special meaning in HTML. Encoding turns them into entities (<, &) so they show as text; decoding turns entities back into normal characters.
How it works
3 simple steps. No experience needed.
Good to know
Encode text before placing it inside HTML when it might contain < > & or quotes — for example code samples in a blog post, or user-written text. Otherwise the browser may read it as markup.
Named entities like &copy; are easy to read. Numeric entities like &#169; work for any character. The decoder understands both.
FAQ
& < > " and ' by default. You can also encode every accented letter and symbol as a numeric entity.
Encoding text placed between HTML tags is an important part of it, but safe output also depends on where the text goes — attributes, URLs and scripts each need their own handling. Use your framework's built-in escaping in real applications.
A non-breaking space: a space that doesn't let the line wrap at that point.
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