HTMLCodeFormat

Replaces special characters in a string with their HTML-escaped equivalents and inserts <pre> and </pre> tags at the beginning and end of the string.

HTML-escaped string string, enclosed in <pre> and </pre> tags. Returns are removed from string. Special characters (> < " &) are escaped.

Display and formatting functions

HTMLCodeFormat(string [, version ])

HTMLEditFormat

Parameter Description

string

A string or a variable that contains one.

version

HTML version to use: currently ignored.

  • -1: The latest implementation of HTML
  • 2.0: HTML 2.0 (Default)
  • 3.2: HTML 3.2

This function typically increases the length of a string. This can cause unpredictable results when performing certain string functions (Left, Right, and Mid, for example) against the expanded string.

The only difference between this function and HTMLEditFormat is that HTMLEditFormat does not surround the text in an HTML pre tag.

<!--- This example shows the effects of HTMLCodeFormat and 
      HTMLEditFormat. View it in your browser, then View it
      using your browser's the View Source command. --->
<cfset testString="This is a test
        & this is another 
<This text is in angle brackets>

Previous line was blank!!!">

<cfoutput>
    <h3>The text without processing</h3>
    #testString#<br>
    <h3>Using HTMLCodeFormat</h3>
    #HTMLCodeFormat(testString)#
    <h3>Using HTMLEditFormat</h3>
    #HTMLEditFormat(testString)#
</cfoutput>

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