HTML Entity Encoder
Convert characters like < and > into their HTML entities.
Understanding HTML Entities
In HTML, certain characters are reserved and cannot be used directly in text because the browser will interpret them as code. For example, the less-than sign (<) and greater-than sign (>) are used to define HTML tags. To display these characters as text, they must be converted into HTML Entities.
Escape HTML for Security
Our HTML Entity Encoder safely converts all applicable characters into their corresponding entity codes (e.g., converting < to <). This is a critical practice in web development for sanitizing user input and preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks when displaying raw code snippets on your webpage.
Reverse with HTML Decode
If you're dealing with a block of text or raw data that has already been sanitized, you can use the HTML Decoder to instantly unescape the entities and revert them back to their original characters, making the text fully readable again.