any alternative of – Nijraj Gelani Jan 09 '16 at 10:50

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Simply using ~~<xmp> or~~ <pre> tag won't help you display HTML as plain text. The just help to format the text. In order to show HTML to your users you need to escape all special characters.

For example, replace all < signs with < and all > signs with >.

I've shown just two symbols, a quick google search will help you to find all the symbols and their replacements.

And in case you're using PHP, it has built in function to do this. i.e. htmlentities($str). Search for whatever language you are using.

Note that <xmp> Tag has been deprecated.

Nijraj Gelani · Answer 1 · 2016-01-16T09:01:39.850

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Simply using ~~<xmp> or~~ <pre> tag won't help you display HTML as plain text. The just help to format the text. In order to show HTML to your users you need to escape all special characters.

For example, replace all < signs with < and all > signs with >.

I've shown just two symbols, a quick google search will help you to find all the symbols and their replacements.

And in case you're using PHP, it has built in function to do this. i.e. htmlentities($str). Search for whatever language you are using.

Note that <xmp> Tag has been deprecated.

edited Jan 16 '16 at 09:01

answered Jan 09 '16 at 10:57

Nijraj Gelani

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i am getting dynamic data that contain html tags .that's why i am not able to replace every tag symbol with its symbol code. is any way to display all data as plain text like – Muhammad Tariq Jan 09 '16 at 11:27
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I just said it. do `echo htmlentities($data);` inside your `
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– Nijraj Gelani Jan 09 '16 at 11:28
thanks a lot. its work. – Muhammad Tariq Jan 09 '16 at 11:56
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Never mind. Just accept the answer then :D – Nijraj Gelani Jan 09 '16 at 11:57
@NijrajGelani You say "Simply using ` – Mr Lister Jan 16 '16 at 08:41
@MrLister I wasn't aware of that, thank you. I've corrected the mistake. Feel free to edit further... :D – Nijraj Gelani Jan 16 '16 at 09:02

Chayon Shaah · Answer 2 · 2019-08-23T12:03:56.563

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<div style="width:250px; background:yellow;">
<pre>
<script type="text/plain" style="display:block;">
<a href="#"> new element  dummy 
text new element  dummy text new 
element 
element 
dummy text new element 
dummy text new element 
dummy text</a>
</script>
</pre>
<div>

edited Aug 23 '19 at 12:03

answered Aug 23 '19 at 12:00

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try wrapping HTML content in For ex:
Works in awesome way. You don't have to use obsolete example tag. <textarea> tag will wrap the content in text area. Try out !</textarea>
– nisargdave1993 Jan 18 '20 at 11:50

any alternative of – Nijraj Gelani Jan 09 '16 at 10:50

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