Variable data from flash has <textformat> tags etc in database

hey all i have an input text field in flash and when i send that data to php and that sends it on to my database it looks like the following in the database:

<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="11" COLOR="#000033" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Hello World</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

instead of showing as it should like “Hello World”

and i have in flash html text render OFF so its not that
any ideas why and how to fix??

Cheers in advance peeps :slight_smile: