Displaying HTML code

Question

In PHP I can use the following to stop HTML from rendering, so it actually displays html as text on the web page:

$html = "<div>Some text</div>";

echo htmlentities($html);

How do I do the same with asp.net pages (vb.net). I am using .NET 3.5.

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– BenCr, Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 11:18

paracycle · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 11:13:43Z

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You could try:

var html = @"<div>Some text</div>";
Response.Write(Server.HtmlEncode(html));

which is the exact translation of your snippet.

BTW, you can find more info on Server.HtmlEncode here.

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 11:13

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Oleks · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 11:14:07Z

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<%= Server.HtmlEncode("<div>Some text</div>") %>

In .NET 4 you could use a shorthand for this:

<%: "<div>Some text</div>" %>

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 11:14

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BenCr · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 11:12:23Z

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Server.HtmlEncode("`<div>Some text</div>`");

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 11:12

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