yii\helpers\BaseHtml::encode PHP Method

encode() public static method

The [[\yii\base\Application::charset|application charset]] will be used for encoding.
See also: decode()
See also: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
public static encode ( string $content, boolean $doubleEncode = true ) : string
$content string the content to be encoded
$doubleEncode boolean whether to encode HTML entities in `$content`. If false, HTML entities in `$content` will not be further encoded.
return string the encoded content
    public static function encode($content, $doubleEncode = true)
    {
        return htmlspecialchars($content, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, Yii::$app ? Yii::$app->charset : 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode);
    }