Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.EncodeToHTML

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New in version: 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Statistic

Text.EncodeToHTML

Encodes text as html.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	2.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.EncodeToHTML"; text { ; mode } )

(old name: String.EncodeToHTML)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

text The text you want to encode. "Grüße"

mode Optional
Default 0 for using named entities.
Pass 1 for decimal and 2 for hex encoded numbers instead. 0

Parameter	Description	Example value
text	The text you want to encode.	"Grüße"
mode	Optional Default 0 for using named entities. Pass 1 for decimal and 2 for hex encoded numbers instead.	0

Result

The encoded text.

Description

Encodes text as html.
All special and unicode characters are escaped.
Lower ASCII control characters are ignored.

You may want to use Text.ReplaceNewline after this function to replace new line characters with <br> (mode 4) or <br /> (mode 5).

Examples

Encode text as html

MBS( "Text.EncodeToHTML"; "Grüße" )

Example result: "Grüße"

Encode smileys:

MBS("Text.EncodeToHTML"; "😀😁😂😃")

Example result: "😀😁😂😃"

Encode ä three ways:

MBS( "Text.EncodeToHTML"; "ä"; 0) & ¶ &
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHTML"; "ä"; 1) & ¶ &
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHTML"; "ä"; 2)

Example Databases

Text.EncodeToBytes - Text.EncodeToHex