What characters are encoded?

Special HTML characters including , &, ", and ' are replaced with <, >, &, ", and '.

Why do I need HTML entity encoding?

To safely display user-submitted text in HTML without it being interpreted as markup. It is a key defense against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Does it handle named entities like ?

Yes. Decoding recognizes all standard HTML named entities and converts them to their Unicode characters.

HTML Entity Encoder

Encode and decode HTML special characters like &, <, and >.

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