HTML::EntityCoder
This plugin lets you encode and decode (UTF-8) strings using HTML entities. Two new methods will be automatically available in your views:
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encode_entities: Encodes a string into a string with HTML entities:
>> <%= encode_entities(“Über geek”) %>
> “Über geek”
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decode_entities: Decodes a string with HTML entities into a string:
>> <%= decode_entities(“Über geek”) %>
> “Über geek”
Using Anywhere
Now it’s possible to include the helpers in other classes easily by just including HTML::EntityCoder in your class.
If you really need to to use the helpers in a model you can do it like this:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
include HTML::EntityCoder
end
or a controller:
class PersonController < ApplicationController
include HTML::EntityCoder
end
etc.
Note: Don’t feed the helpers with anything else but UTF-8. If you really need to, convert your string to UTF-8 first using Iconv (www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/iconv/rdoc/index.html)
A basic test unit is included.
HTMLHelpers is copyright © 2006 Ruben Nine ([email protected]), released under the MIT license HTMLEntities is copyright © 2005-2006 Paul Battley, released under the MIT license