XMLFormat

Description

Returns a string that is safe to use with XML.

Syntax


XMLFormat(string)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string
A string.

Parameter	Description
string	A 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:

greater than sign (>)
less than sign (<)
single quotation mark (')
double quotation mark (")
ampersand (&)

Example

<!-----------------------------------------------------------

 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 use of XML using ColdFusion easy.

</P>

<XMP>

<?xml version = "1.0"?> 

<cfoutput>

<someXML>

  <someElement someAttribute = "#XMLFormat("'a quoted value'")#> 

    #XMLFormat(  "Body of element to be passed here.  ")#

  </someElement>

</someXML>  

</cfoutput>

</XMP>

</body>

</html>