Question 1

What are HTML entities?

Accepted Answer

HTML entities are special codes (like & for &, < for <) that represent reserved characters in HTML. They prevent the browser from interpreting characters as markup.

Question 2

When should I use HTML entity encoding?

Accepted Answer

Use HTML entity encoding when displaying user-generated content in HTML to prevent XSS attacks, or when you need to display characters that have special meaning in HTML like <, >, &, and quotes.

HTML Entity Encode / Decode

HTML Entity Encode / Decode