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Click any entity below to add it to your input:
| Symbol | Entity | Description | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| < | < | Less than | |
| > | > | Greater than | |
| & | & | Ampersand | |
| " | " | Double quote | |
| ' | ' | Single quote/apostrophe | |
| © | © | Copyright | |
| ® | ® | Registered trademark | |
| â„¢ | ™ | Trademark | |
| € | € | Euro | |
| £ | £ | Pound | |
| Â¥ | ¥ | Yen | |
| | Non-breaking space | ||
| – | – | En dash | |
| — | — | Em dash |
Enter text to convert to HTML entities
<div class="example">Text</div>
© ® ™ € £ ¥ § ¶
< > & " ' ± × ÷ ≠≤ ≥
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HTML entities play a crucial role in web development for several important reasons:
Encoding user-generated content prevents cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by ensuring that browsers render potentially malicious code as plain text rather than executing it.
When you need to show HTML code examples on a webpage, entities ensure the code is displayed rather than interpreted by the browser.
Many symbols and special characters are not available on standard keyboards but can be displayed using HTML entities.
© → ©
® → ®
€ → €
° → °
HTML entities ensure consistent character rendering across different browsers, operating systems, and character encodings.
This is especially important for multilingual sites or when using special typographic characters.
Here are some common ways to handle HTML entities in various programming languages:
// Encoding HTML entities
function encodeHTML(str) {
  const el = document.createElement('div');
  el.textContent = str;
  return el.innerHTML;
}
// Decoding HTML entities
function decodeHTML(html) {
  const txt = document.createElement('textarea');
  txt.innerHTML = html;
  return txt.value;
}
// Encoding HTML entities
$encoded = htmlspecialchars($string);
// Decoding HTML entities
$decoded = html_entity_decode($string);
# Encoding HTML entities
import html
encoded = html.escape(string)
# Decoding HTML entities
import html
decoded = html.unescape(string)
This is crucial for preventing XSS attacks
HTML attribute encoding may be different from general HTML encoding
Numeric entities work for all characters but are less readable
This reduces the need for entities for many international characters