Description
Encodes the input string for use in HTML attribute , such as table width or image height.
Returns
Encoded string
Category
Display and formatting functions
Syntax
encodeForHTMLAttribute(string [,canonicalize])
See also
Canonicalize,EncodeForJavaScript,EncodeForCSS,EncodeForURLEncodeForHTML
History
ColdFusion (2018 release): Renamed parameter inputString to string.
ColdFusion 10: Added this function.
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
string |
Required. The string to encode. |
canonicalize |
Optional . If set to true, canonicalization happens before encoding. If set to false, the given input string will just be encoded. The default value for canonicalize is false. When this parameter is not specified, canonicalization will not happen. By default, when canonicalization is performed, both mixed and multiple encodings will be allowed. To use any other combinations you should canonicalize using canonicalize method and then do encoding . |
Example
<cfscript>
s1="<script>";
s2="&<>'/" & '"';
WriteOutput(EncodeForHTMLAttribute(s1) & "|");
WriteOutput(EncodeForHTMLAttribute(s2));
</cfscript>
Output
<script> | &<>'/"