- Inheritance
Constants
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML_ESCAPE | = { '&' => '&', '>' => '>', '<' => '<', '"' => '"' } | |
| JSON_ESCAPE | = { '&' => '\u0026', '>' => '\u003E', '<' => '\u003C' } |
Methods
Instance
| Visibility | Signature |
|---|---|
| public | html_escape (s) |
| public | j (s) |
| public | json_escape (s) |
Instance Method Detail
html_escape(s)
A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters. This method is also aliased as h.
In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any unsafe content. For example:
<%=h @person.name %>
Example:
puts html_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
# => is a > 0 & a < 10?
j(s)
Alias for json_escape
json_escape(s)
A utility method for escaping HTML entities in JSON strings. This method is also aliased as j.
In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any HTML entities:
<%=j @person.to_json %>
Example:
puts json_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
# => is a \u003E 0 \u0026 a \u003C 10?