CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This is a simple UDF which does the exact opposite of CFMX's XmlFormat() function. Specifically, it replaces the following five characters in XML-escaped data with their normal equivalents: > with > < with < ' with ' " with " & with &

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfscript>
XmlSafe="&quot;That&apos;s a very safe string &amp; &lt;TAG&gt; you&apos;re it!!!&quot;";
XmlUnsafe=XmlUnformat(XmlSafe);
WriteOutput(htmlCodeFormat(XmlUnsafe));
</cfscript>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * UN-escapes the five forbidden characters in XML data.
 * 
 * @param string      String to format. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kreig Zimmerman (kkz@foureyes.com) 
 * @version 1, November 15, 2002 
 */
function XMLUnFormat(string) {
    var resultString=string;
    resultString=ReplaceNoCase(resultString,"'","'","ALL");
    resultString=ReplaceNoCase(resultString,""","""","ALL");
    resultString=ReplaceNoCase(resultString,"&lt;","<","ALL");
    resultString=ReplaceNoCase(resultString,"&gt;",">","ALL");
    resultString=ReplaceNoCase(resultString,"&amp;","&","ALL");
    return resultString;
}