.Net Method for converting String to HTML Escape Characters
.net, encoding, html, html-escape-characters
Solution
I'm not aware of anything included in the framework, but you could try something like this?
public string ConvertToHtmlEntities(string plainText)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(plainText.Length * 6);
foreach (char c in plainText)
{
sb.Append("&#").Append((ushort)c).Append(';');
}
return sb.ToString();
}
Problem
I want to convert an e-mail address into HTML Escape Characters as a basic way to try and avoid being harvested by spam-bots. Like mentioned in this question: When placing email addresses on a webpage do you place them as text like this: ``` joe.somebody@company.com ``` or use a clever trick to try and fool the email address harvester bots? For example: HTML Escape Characters: ``` joe.somebody@company.com ``` I cannot find a .Net method to do so though. The Html.Encode only does the invalid HTML characters such as £$%^& and not letters. Does a method exist or do I need to write my own? Many Thanks