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Chud37
Chud37

Reputation: 5007

remove HTML from input jquery

If i get the .val() from a text input, how can I make sure there is no HTML in there and just plain text?

I am writing a small chat program but I dont want users to be able to enter HTML.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4154

Answers (1)

thomallen
thomallen

Reputation: 2034

You can do it by getting the textContent of the HTML they enter:

// Get the value of the input
var inputText = $('#my-input').val();
// Store only the text and no HTML elements.
inputText = $(inputText)[0].textContent;

Here is an example:

http://jsfiddle.net/thom801/5A3sQ/1/

Upvotes: 2

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