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authorkenjis <kenji@codeigniter.jp>2011-08-25 03:51:44 +0200
committerkenjis <kenji@codeigniter.jp>2011-08-25 03:51:44 +0200
commitfbac8b4553942db4be52e872d9fd68717e5006e4 (patch)
treebbc95119f6c7cc0f89bf0ac8b6862711811d5623 /user_guide
parent0ba26c731cf8838b5239c1a7957bc18f58fe2f7d (diff)
add html_escape() function to escape HTML.
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-rw-r--r--user_guide/changelog.html1
-rw-r--r--user_guide/general/common_functions.html2
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diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 91312e46b..c22bebda6 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Change Log
<ul>
<li class="reactor">Callback validation rules can now accept parameters like any other validation rule.</li>
<li class="reactor">Ability to log certain error types, not all under a threshold.</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 65457759d..7cff6321c 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>