Re: How not to parse HTML??

How is the page generated? Do you use PHP for generation? You could just call htmlentities (http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php). That's it. If you are using another language, just replace "<" and ">" with their HTML equivalents.

Karl R. B. Jones wrote: 
Hi Leo,

I am creating the HTML page dynamically, and don't know in advance what the string will be.
I cannot format it in advance. It may contain anything.
I need to tell the parser to display it as it is without responding to any tags it may contain.

Thanks
Karl

"Leonhardt Wille" <lwille@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eAD0UffPFHA.2956@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

1. Where do you want to display a string
2. The string may contain HTML, but you don't want it to be parsed? You have to mask HTML characters like this:
Replace < with &lt; ("lower than")
Replace > with &gt; ("greater than")
Replace " with &quot; ("Quote")
3. I'm having problems understanding your English

regards Leo

Karl R. B. Jones wrote:

Hi,

Could someone tell me how to display a string without risking any HTML that string contains being parsed.
I want to show text that may contain HTML.

Thanks
Karl 



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