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HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

Encode text into HTML entities or decode HTML entities back into readable text.

HTML encoding is context-specific. Encoding text for HTML content does not automatically make the same value safe for JavaScript, CSS, URLs, or every HTML attribute context.

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Encodes text for HTML representation. This is not a universal sanitizer for every browser context.

Encoding Options

Encode every character Converts all Unicode scalar values to named or numeric entities where possible. Use named entities when available Otherwise numeric character references are used.

REFERENCE

Common HTML Entities

<

Less than

>

Greater than

&

Ampersand

"

Quotation mark

'

Apostrophe

 

Non-breaking space

©

®

Registered trademark

™

™

Trademark

€

€

Euro

£

Pound

¥

Yen

IMPORTANT

Entity encoding is not a universal XSS defense

Use the encoder appropriate to the output context. HTML text, attributes, JavaScript, CSS, and URLs have different escaping and validation requirements.