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Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions
XMLFormat
Returns a string that is safe to use with XML.
Syntax
XMLFormat( string )
string
Any string.
Usage
XMLFormat escapes special XML characters so that you can put arbitrary strings safely
into XML. The characters that are escaped by XMLFormat include the following:
greater than sign (>)
less than sign (<)
single quotation mark (')
double quotation mark (")
ampersand (&)
Examples
<!-----------------------------------------------------------
This example illustrates use of the XMLFormat function.
----------------------------------------------------------->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>XMLFormat</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>XMLFormat</H3>
<P>
This example shows how XMLFormat is used to escape special XML
characters and make the
</P>
<XMP>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<CFOUTPUT>
<someXML>
<someElement someAttribute="#XMLFormat("'a quoted value'")#>
</someElement>
</someXML>
</CFOUTPUT>
</XMP>
</BODY>
</HTML>
of XML using ColdFusion easy.
#XMLFormat("Body of element to be passed here.")#
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