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encodeForXPath

Returns an encoded string for safe use in an XPATH query.

encodeForXPath(string [,canonicalize]);
returns string

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
string string Yes   The string to encode.
canonicalize boolean No   If set to true, canonicalization happens before encoding.
If set to false, the given input string will just be encoded.
When this parameter is not specified, 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.

Tag Syntax

encodeForXPath("'or 1=1",false)

Expected Result: 'or 1=1