The "&" as part of a name

Hi All,

beautiful weather today in New York City - how is everyone doing?

Would anyone happen to know how I can send a string from a text field, that let’s say has been enterd by a customer whose company name contains a “&” sign ( e.g. Marks & Spencer ), to a mysql databse without messing up the scipts. B/c the & sign of course sets a new variable wherever that ASCII code is set.

Thank you for your help,

m.