XMLFormat

Returns a string that is safe to use with XML.

Syntax

XMLFormat(string)

string

Any string.

Usage

XMLFormat escapes special XML characters so that you can put arbitrary strings safely into XML. The characters that are escaped by XMLFormat include the following:

greater than sign (>)
less than sign (<)
single quotation mark (')
double quotation mark (")
ampersand (&)

Examples

<!-----------------------------------------------------------
  This example illustrates use of the XMLFormat function. 
----------------------------------------------------------->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>XMLFormat</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<H3>XMLFormat</H3>
<P>
This example shows how XMLFormat is used to escape special XML 
characters and make the  use of XML using ColdFusion easy.
</P>

<XMP>
<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<CFOUTPUT>
<someXML>
    <someElement someAttribute="#XMLFormat("'a quoted value'")#> 
        #XMLFormat(    "Body of element to be passed here.    ")#
    </someElement>
</someXML>    
</CFOUTPUT>
</XMP>
</BODY>
</HTML>

CFML Language Reference
Chapter 2 : ColdFusion Functions