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The right way to fix double encoding in Blade components

The internet often gets it wrong

Joel Clermont
Joel Clermont
2026-04-03

If you've ever seen garbled characters like d'Angelo in a Blade component, you've hit double encoding. The most common advice online is to turn off important security mechanisms, which is not a good idea.

In this video, I track down the real cause and show the simple fix.

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Joel

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