HTMLEditFormat  
Description
Replaces special characters in a string with their HTML-escaped equivalents.
 
Returns
HTML-escaped string string. Returns are removed from string. Special characters (for example, < " &) are escaped.
 
Category
Display and formatting functions
 
Function syntax 
HTMLEditFormat(string [, version ])
 
See also
HTMLCodeFormat
 
Parameters
 
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
 
Usage
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 HTMLCodeFormat is that HTMLCodeFormat surrounds the text in an HTML pre tag.
 
Example
<!--- 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>
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