PHP Issue! what is a function for...

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I'm trying to submit a couple textareas which contain actual php coding text as content, to a mysql table. The problem is... is mysql errors when I submit it because it tries to actually execute the php coding... while all I want to do is just store the coding in a table...

I know there has to be some type of function I can run the textarea variables through first that will temporarily render the coding so that php won't try to execute it, anyone know what it is?

Thanks

[tical]

encode the variables before they go in... decode after they're out

and i think the eval() function will be useful

http://www.php.net/eval

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encode the variables before they go in... decode after they're out

and i think the eval() function will be useful

http://www.php.net/eval

so I "encode" the variables first with eval?

ie:

$php_coding = eval($_POST['php_coding');

$query = "INSERT INTO table (php_coding) VALUES ($php_coding)";

?