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authorkenjis <kenji@codeigniter.jp>2011-08-25 03:51:44 +0200
committerPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2011-10-28 16:08:00 +0200
commit55027807e4826dfe722598172ab7ffbd9dc0b48c (patch)
treefd9e3c4b10f34c02688cead2825920960fecaff7 /user_guide
parent426ff851c2164651228a9a9bc10869301b19dbcc (diff)
add html_escape() function to escape HTML.
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diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 19e659f45..11a15370e 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
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@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Change Log
<li>General Changes
<ul>
<li>Callback validation rules can now accept parameters like any other validation rule.</li>
+ <li class="reactor">Added html_escape() to the <a href="general/common_functions.html">Common functions<a> to escape HTML output for preventing XSS easliy.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Helpers
diff --git a/user_guide/general/common_functions.html b/user_guide/general/common_functions.html
index 2751133bb..f290521a9 100644
--- a/user_guide/general/common_functions.html
+++ b/user_guide/general/common_functions.html
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ else<br />
<p>This function prevents inserting null characters between ascii characters, like Java\0script.</p>
+<h2>html_escape(<var>$mixed</var>)</h2>
+<p>This function provides short cut for htmlspecialchars() function. It accepts string and array. To prevent Cross Site Scripting (XSS), it is very useful.</p>
</div>