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encodeForURL

Encodes the input string for safe output in URLs to prevent Cross Site Scripting attacks.

encodeForURL(string [,canonicalize]);

returns string

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
string string Yes   The string to encode.
canonicalize boolean No false If set to true, canonicalization happens before encoding. If set to false, the given input string will just be encoded and canonicalization will not happen. By default, when canonicalization is performed, both mixed and multiple encodings will be allowed. To use any other combinations you should canonicalize using canonicalize method and then do encoding.

URL Encode a value

encodeForURL("<tag>")

Expected Result: %3Ctag%3E

URL Encode a value with escaped HTML entities

encodeForURL("&lt;tag&gt;",true)

Expected Result: %3Ctag%3E

Example Usage

<cfset formula = "5+3=8">
<cfoutput>http://example.com/math?formula=#encodeForURL(formula)#</cfoutput>

Expected Result: http://example.com/math?formula=5%2B3%3D8

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