cgiDebug(3) Programmer's Manual cgiDebug(3)
NAME
cgiEscape - HTML escape certain characters in a string
SYNOPSYS
#include <cgi.h>
char *cgiEscape (char *string);
DESCRIPTION
This function returns a pointer to a sanitised string. It converts <, & and > into HTML entities so that the result can be displayed with-
out any danger of cross-site scripting in a browser. The result may be passed to free(3) after use. This routine is meant to be called
before any user provided strings are returned to the browser.
RETURN VALUE
cgiEscape() returns a pointer to the sanitised string or NULL in case of error.
AUTHOR
This CGi library is written by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>. If you have additions or improvements please get in touch with him.
SEE ALSO
free(3).
CGI Library 6 April 2008 cgiDebug(3)
