encode_entities

DESCRIPTION

The filter encodes non-standard HTML characters to their encoded representation.

EXAMPLES

Example: Filter example

[filter encode_entities]One & Two & Three[filter]

Example in action:

              
One & Two & Three

NOTES

For more information on Perl Regular Expressions, pattern matching and character classes, see perlre(1).

The filter is most commonly used to make untrusted CGI input variables harmless to the Interchange environment.

For example, & is replaced with &, < with < etc.

AVAILABILITY

encode_entities is available in Interchange versions:

4.6.0-5.9.0 (git-head)

SOURCE

Interchange 5.9.0:

Source: code/Filter/encode_entities.filter
Lines: 23


# Copyright 2002-2007 Interchange Development Group and others
# Copyright 1996-2002 Red Hat, Inc.
# 
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.  See the LICENSE file for details.
# 
# $Id: encode_entities.filter,v 1.5 2007-03-30 23:40:44 pajamian Exp $

CodeDef e Filter
CodeDef e Alias encode_entities

CodeDef entities Filter
CodeDef entities Alias encode_entities

CodeDef encode_entities Filter
CodeDef encode_entities Description Encode HTML entities
CodeDef encode_entities Routine <<EOR
sub {
return HTML::Entities::encode(shift, $ESCAPE_CHARS::std);
}
EOR

AUTHORS

Interchange Development Group

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