So I'm trying to encode html special characters (like ®, &, ©) I find on the front-end, but I can't figure out how to avoid also encoding HTML tags (like <br>, or <i>).
This is what I've tried so far:
var encodedHtml = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("Encode this: ®, &, © but not this: <b>")
Console.WriteLine(encodedHtml);
The result is: Encode this: ®, &, © but not this: <b>
The result I want is this: Encode this: ®, &, © but not this: <b>
I've also tried this, based on this post:
var entitizedHtml = HtmlEntity.Entitize("Encode this:®, &, © but not this: <b>");
Console.WriteLine(entitizedHtml );
The result is:Encode this: ®, &, ® but not this: <b>
The entitized result is close to what I want, but I'm trying to see if I can convert the the HTML special characters to their HTML code versions rather than their HTML entity versions.
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking I might have to figure out how to parse through the string to check for HTML tags, but I'm not too sure what the best way to do that is.