Question 1

Is HTML entity encoding/decoding safe?

Accepted Answer

Safe. All encoding and decoding is done locally in your browser, and content is never uploaded to any server.

Question 2

Why encode HTML entities?

Accepted Answer

Displaying characters like < > & " directly in a web page can break the HTML structure or cause XSS. By converting them to corresponding entities (e.g., < >), the browser will display the symbols as-is without parsing them as tags.

Question 3

What is the difference between named entities and numeric entities?

Accepted Answer

Named entities like &copy; are intuitive and easy to remember but limited in number; numeric entities like &#169; or &#xA9; use character code points and can represent any Unicode character. Both are recognized during decoding.

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