From: hemant <gethemant@...>
Date: 2007-07-23T21:50:54+09:00
Subject: Re: help me....

On 7/23/07, hemant <gethemant@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/23/07, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/23/07, geetha <sangeetha.geethu05@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Hi,
> > > I am doing string search is one html file usign ruby.
> > > If the seach sting is htmlentities means I have not match that word.
> > > How can i do it. Please any one help me.....
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > S.Sangeetha.
> > >
> > We might be able to help you better if you post the data and what you
> > expect to get out from it exactly.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > --
>
> Robert:
> If search string has html entities, then do not proceed with search.
>
> Well, its very hard to define if query string has HTML entities or
> not? For example, do you consider following string has HTML entities?
>
> b = "hello world and so what; and < and there we go >"
>
> dunno yes and no, but if your answer is yes, and string `b` HAS HTML
> entities then:
>
> require 'cgi'
>
> escaped_html = CGI::escapeHTML(b)
> if escaped_html != b
>  # string contains html entities
> end
>
> if you want a strict validation of HTML tags, and whether query is a
> valid HTML, then hpricot may help.
>
>

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