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

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-data-from-flash-has-textformat-tags-etc-in-database/212320
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**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-data-from-flash-has-textformat-tags-etc-in-database/212320 "2007-01-10T05:05:37Z")
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### Author: ![Flash\_Man1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8797f3/32.png) [@Flash\_Man1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_Man1)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-data-from-flash-has-textformat-tags-etc-in-database/212320/1 "2007-01-10T05:05:37Z")

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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:

```auto
<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 🙂