# Data from form fields become html formatted

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**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/data-from-form-fields-become-html-formatted/247223 "2007-12-19T19:18:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/data-from-form-fields-become-html-formatted/247223/1 "2007-12-19T19:18:51Z")

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I’m having a problem where my form fields in flash are returning their data in html code instead of whatever’s typed in. What I mean is, for example when I trace or otherwise use the variable of an empty input field, I get:

**\<p align=“left”\>\</p\>**

And if I type, say, “data” into this field and trace its contents, it turns into this:

**\<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=“2”\>\<P ALIGN=“LEFT”\>\<FONT FACE="\_sans" SIZE=“12” COLOR="#333333" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”\>data\</FONT\>\</P\>\</TEXTFORMAT\>**

This isn’t really working when it’s passed to a php script, needless to say.

I’ve never had this problem in older versions of Flash (I’m using a friend’s computer and his is CS3 using ActionScript 2) but I’m not altogether experienced with form making in Flash regardless. I have no idea how to stop this and I would greatly appreciate help. It’s probably a really simple fix I imagine.