Encode string to HTML entities via jQuery
Encode to HTML entities
jQuery('<div />').text('Some text with <div>html</div>').html()produces
"Some text with <div>html</div>"To decode we just switch the methods
jQuery('<div />').html('Some text with <div>html</div>').text()produces
"Some text with <div>html</div>"Related protips:
Written by Igor Moiseev
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you may also want to check alternatives and their comparison here: http://jsperf.com/htmlencoderegex/25
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thanks!
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