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instance method
CGI::Util#escapeElement
escapeElement(string, *elements)
lib/cgi/util.rb
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# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.4.1/lib/cgi/util.rb, line 184
def escapeElement(string, *elements)
elements = elements[0] if elements[0].kind_of?(Array)
unless elements.empty?
string.gsub(/<\/?(?:#{elements.join("|")})(?!\w)(?:.|\n)*?>/i) do
CGI.escapeHTML($&)
end
else
string
end
end
Escape only the tags of certain HTML elements in string.
Takes an element or elements or array of elements. Each element is specified by the name of the element, without angle brackets. This matches both the start and the end tag of that element. The attribute list of the open tag will also be escaped (for instance, the double-quotes surrounding attribute values).
Example
print CGI.escapeElement('<BR><A HREF="url"></A>', "A", "IMG") # "<BR><A HREF="url"></A>" print CGI.escapeElement('<BR><A HREF="url"></A>', ["A", "IMG"]) # "<BR><A HREF="url"></A>"