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%META:TOPICINFO{author="TWikiContributor" date="1167874036" format="1.2" version="2"}%
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#VarENCODE
---+++ ENCODE{"string"} -- encodes a string to HTML entities
* Encode "special" characters to HTML numeric entities. Encoded characters are:
* all non-printable ASCII characters below space, except newline (="\n"=) and linefeed (="\r"=)
* HTML special characters ="<"=, =">"=, ="&"=, single quote (='=) and double quote (="=)
* TWiki special characters ="%"=, ="["=, ="]"=, ="@"=, ="_"=, ="*"=, ="="= and ="|"=
* Syntax: =%<nop>ENCODE{"string"}%=
* Supported parameters:
| *Parameter:* | *Description:* | *Default:* |
| ="string"= | String to encode | required (can be empty) |
| =type="entity"= | Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into =&amp;#034;=. Does *not* encode =\n= or =\r=. | =type="url"= |
| =type="html"= | As =type="entity"= except it also encodes =\n= and =\r= | =type="url"= |
| =type="quote"= | Escape double quotes with backslashes (=\"=), does not change other characters | =type="url"= |
| =type="url"= | Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into =%22= | (this is the default) |
* Example: =%<nop>ENCODE{"spaced name"}%= expands to =%ENCODE{"spaced name"}%=
* __%X% Note:__ Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded.%BR% Example: =&lt;input type="text" name="address" value="%<nop>ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" /&gt;=
* __%X% Note:__ Double quotes in strings must be escaped when passed into other TWiki variables.%BR% Example: =%<nop>SEARCH{ "%<nop>ENCODE{ "string with "quotes"" type="quotes" }%" noheader="on" }%=
* Related: [[#VarURLPARAM][URLPARAM]]