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@@ -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
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--- a/user_guide/general/common_functions.html
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@@ -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>
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