Question 1

What are HTML entities?

Accepted Answer

They are a way to write special characters so the browser shows them as text instead of treating them as code. This applies to characters such as less-than, greater-than and ampersand.

Question 2

When should I encode characters as entities?

Accepted Answer

Whenever you place user text into a page. Encoding protects the layout and helps prevent code-injection attacks.

Question 3

Does the tool work both ways?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can encode plain text into entities and decode entities back into readable characters, all locally in your browser.

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