varemenos
4/20/2013 - 5:22 AM

JavaScript - Escape HTML special characters

JavaScript - Escape HTML special characters

// source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9251169/649239

var escape = document.createElement('textarea');

function escapeHTML(html) {
    escape.innerHTML = html;
    return escape.innerHTML;
}

function unescapeHTML(html) {
    escape.innerHTML = html;
    return escape.value;
}