Lucee Function Reference

encodeforxml()

Encodes the given string for safe output in XML to reduce the risk of Cross Site Scripting attacks.

Example

encodeforxml(string string,[boolean canonicalize]):string

Category

ESAPI,XML

Arguments

The arguments for this function are set. You can not use other arguments except the following ones.
Name Type Required Default Value Description
string string  Yes   string to encode  
canonicalize boolean  No false If set to true, canonicalization happens before encoding. If set to false, the given input string will just be encoded. The default value for canonicalize is false. When this parameter is not specified, canonicalization will not happen. By default, when canonicalization is performed, both mixed and multiple encodings will be allowed. To use any other combinations you should canonicalize using canonicalize method and then do encoding.  
Introduced: 5.0.0.0