Class: CGI

Inherits:

Object
CGI

Defined in:: lib/extensions/rhocgi/cgi.rb

Constant Summary collapse

TABLE_FOR_ESCAPE_HTML__ =

{
  '&' => '&amp;',
  '"' => '&quot;',
  '<' => '&lt;',
  '>' => '&gt;',
}

Class Method Summary collapse

.escapeHTML(string) ⇒ Object

Escape special characters in HTML, namely &"<> CGI::escapeHTML(‘Usage: foo “bar” <baz>’) # => “Usage: foo "bar" <baz>”.

Class Method Details

.escapeHTML(string) ⇒ `Object`

Escape special characters in HTML, namely &"<>

CGI::escapeHTML('Usage: foo "bar" <baz>')
   # => "Usage: foo &quot;bar&quot; &lt;baz&gt;"



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# File 'lib/extensions/rhocgi/cgi.rb', line 12

def CGI::escapeHTML(string)
  string.gsub(/[&\"<>]/, TABLE_FOR_ESCAPE_HTML__)
end