Text to HTML Entities Converter

Converting a text string to HTML entities involves replacing characters that have special meanings in HTML (such as <, >, &, ", ') with their respective HTML entity codes. This is useful when you want to display raw text (that might contain special HTML characters) safely in a web page, ensuring that those characters don't interfere with the HTML structure.

Common HTML Entities:
& becomes &amp;
< becomes &lt;
> becomes &gt;
" becomes &quot;
' becomes &apos;
Space can also be represented as &nbsp;
Example of Conversion:
Text String:

arduino

<Hello & "world">
Converted to HTML Entities:

html

&lt;Hello &amp; &quot;world&quot;&gt;
Steps to Convert Text String to HTML Entities:
Identify special characters: Look for characters that have a specific function in HTML (like <, >, &, etc.).
Replace them with the corresponding HTML entity: For example, replace & with &amp;, and < with &lt;.
Leave the rest of the characters as they are.
Example Python Code to Convert Text to HTML Entities:
Here's how you can achieve this using Python:

python

import html

# Example text string
text = '<Hello & "world">'

# Convert text to HTML entities
html_entities = html.escape(text)

print(html_entities)
Output:
php-template

&lt;Hello &amp; &quot;world&quot;&gt;
Explanation:
html.escape(text): This function from Python's built-in html module escapes the special HTML characters in the given string.
Manual Conversion Table:
Character HTML Entity
< &lt;
> &gt;
& &amp;
" &quot;
' &apos;
Space &nbsp;
Alternative Methods:
Online Tools: You can use various online tools to automatically convert text to HTML entities by pasting the text into a box and clicking a button.
JavaScript: If you're working with HTML/JavaScript, you can use encodeURIComponent() or similar methods to escape special characters.