Use case for html()

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Hi there,

What’s the use case for using the helper html()? Can you please provide any examples?

Thanks.

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The helper does the same as the html()field method:

<?= html($page->title()) ?>

is the same as

<?= $page->title()->html() ?>

With the difference that the field method can only be used on a field, whereas the html() helper can be used with a simple string.

3

Thanks. I was meaning, why should I use this helper at all? I understand the use case for kirbytext() (converting Markdown to HTML), but I don’t understand why I would use html() instead of just echoing the text.

4

Consider these two examples:

<?= html('<script>alert("Oops, too bad. I just deleted your webpage")</script>') ?>
<?= '<script>alert("Oops, too bad. I just deleted your webpage")</script>' ?>

Test them in your browser one by one.

Additionally, the html()helper/method allows you to remove tags:

<?= html('<script>alert("Oops, too bad. I just deleted your webpage")</script>', false) ?>

The script tag and everything inside it is then rendered as text <script>alert("Oops, too bad. I just deleted your webpage")</script>

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