Difference: VarENCODE (1 vs. 2)
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META TOPICPARENT |
name="TWikiVariables" |
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type="entity" |
Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into " |
URL encoding |
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type="entity" |
Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into " . 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" |
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type="url" |
Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 |
(this is the default) |
- Example:
%ENCODE{"spaced name"}% expands to spaced%20name
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Note: Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded, for example: <input type="text" name="address" value="%ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" />
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Note: Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded. Example: <input type="text" name="address" value="%ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" />
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Note: Double quotes in strings must be escaped when passed into other TWiki variables. Example: %SEARCH{ "%ENCODE{ "string with "quotes"" type="quotes" }%" noheader="on" }%
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META TOPICPARENT |
name="TWikiVariables" |
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:
%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 " | URL encoding | type="url" | Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 | (this is the default) |
- Example:
%ENCODE{"spaced name"}% expands to spaced%20name
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Note: Values of HTML input fields must be entity encoded, for example: <input type="text" name="address" value="%ENCODE{ "any text" type="entity" }%" />
- Related: URLPARAM
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