// by seankriegler.com

HTML Entity Encoder ⇆ Decoder

Convert text to HTML entities and back. Useful for safe HTML embedding, code samples and email obfuscation.

// Named Entities

Use & < > " '   for the five reserved HTML chars plus non-breaking space.

// Numeric Entities

A renders as A. Required when obfuscating email addresses against spam scrapers.

// Hex Entities

A also renders as A. Common in security contexts and XML.

// Use Cases

Embedding code samples, email obfuscation, escaping user input, internationalisation, special symbols.