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>