HTML Special Characters
Description
HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder converts special characters to HTML entities and back, essential for safe HTML content display.
Use Cases
Web development: Escape special HTML characters
Security: Prevent XSS by encoding user input
Content display: Show code snippets in HTML
Email: Safely display HTML content
Data migration: Convert between entity formats
Instructions
Enter text containing special characters
Choose encode or decode mode
View the converted result
Copy the encoded/decoded text
Use in your HTML documents
Notes
- Common entities: & < > " '
- Named entities are shorter but numeric entities cover all characters
- Encoding is essential for displaying code in HTML
- Decoding converts entities back to readable text
FAQ
When should I encode HTML entities?
Whenever displaying user-generated content or code snippets in HTML to prevent XSS attacks.
What is the difference between named and numeric entities?
Named entities like & are human-readable. Numeric entities like & work for all Unicode characters.