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HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder

Convert special characters into HTML entities to prevent code injection and display symbols correctly.

Controls

<div>Content</div>

How to Use HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder

  1. 1 Paste the raw text or code snippet you wish to display on your site.
  2. 2 Click 'Encode' to generate the 'safe' version for your HTML source.
  3. 3 If you have a string full of codes like &copy;, paste it and click 'Decode' to see the original symbol.
  4. 4 Copy the result directly into your website's 
     or  tags.

Why This Matters

Displaying raw code snippets on a webpage is a security and rendering nightmare. If you type

into an HTML file, the browser will try to create a new container instead of showing the text. Furthermore, allowing unencoded characters in user comments can lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. To show reserved symbols like <, >, and & safely, they must be converted into their respective HTML entity codes.

How utilizetools Solves It

This utility automates the 'escaping' process. It uses the browser's own DOM engine to reliably map symbols to their entity equivalents (like &lt;). This ensures that characters are rendered as text rather than being executed as logic. The bidirectional functionality also allows developers to decode obfuscated entities back into readable characters for debugging purposes.

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