Stopping HTML input in text field

Hi all,
I'm trying to stop a user using HTML in a text field.
I have the following code

<input type="text" name="<? print(htmlspecialchars("name")); ?>" size="20" maxlength="60">

This does'nt seem to be working.
Do I misunderstand the function or its use?

Many thanks

Nick

The htmlspecialchars() function changes a special character into its html equivalent (e.g. '&' into '&')

To get rid of any tage use the strip_tags() function. e.g. $name = strip_tags( $name );

That should work fine.

Thanks Phil,
Much obliged.

Nick