How can I prevent XSS with HTML/PHP?

php, xss

Solution

Basically you need to use the function `htmlspecialchars()` whenever you want to output something to the browser in HTML context.

The correct way to use this function is something like this:

echo htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

Google Code University also has these very educational videos on Web Security:

How To Break Web Software - A look at security vulnerabilities in web software

What Every Engineer Needs to Know About Security and Where to Learn It

Problem

How do I prevent XSS (cross-site scripting) using just HTML and PHP? I've seen numerous other posts on this topic, but I have not found an article that clear and concisely states how to actually prevent XSS.

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