Easy HTML To Any Script Converter
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 9:45 PM by Randall
I was modifying a template for a SMF forum today. This involved taking a large chunk of standard HTML code and converting it to php echo statements. This is a error prone, boring procedure that involves (among other things) "escaping" a number a characters by putting a backslash in front of each character that must be escaped (to tell php that the character is meant iterally and should not be considsered php code. At one time I had written a bit of awk code to do this task, but discovered I had accidently erased it.
Rather than recreate it, I decided to see what free programs I could find to do this task. I was surprised to discover a large number of commercial programs for this task -- most of them outrageously overpriced for what they did. Then I discovered Easy HTML To Any Script Converter. This small (less than 300K to download) free program would not only convert the HTML on the clipboard to php code, it would convert it to ASP, C#, JavaScript, JSP, Perl, Python, Ruby, VB and VBScript as well. It could also convert entire files or groups of files at one time. It will also encrypt email addresses via Javascript so they will be harder for spambots to collect from web pages. I did mention this little gem was free, didn't I? It does more than some of the commercial software I glanced at.
Easy HTML To Any Script Converter solved my problem. Of course, I spent more time looking for this program than it would have taken to recreate my awk program, but I now have a general purpose tool I can use on many future projects. This is a fairly specialized tool, but if you work with web sites, HTML, and even basic scripting, chances are it will be worth your time to download.
Rating: 4.5
Operating System: Windows
License:
Freeware
Price: Free
Version Reviewed: 1.4.1
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Site: http://www.easyhtools.com/ehsdescription.html