Converting HTML to its safe entities with Javascript
- by James P
I'm trying to convert characters like < and > into < and > etc.
User input is taken from a text box, and then copied into a DIV called changer.
here's my code:
function updateChanger() {
var message = document.getElementById('like').value;
message = convertHTML(message);
document.getElementById('changer').innerHTML = message;
}
function convertHTML(input)
{
input = input.replace('<', '<');
input = input.replace('>', '>');
return input;
}
But it doesn't seem to replace >, only <. Also tried like this:
input = input.replace('<', '<').replace('>', '>');
But I get the same result.
Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong here? Cheers.
