Storing HTML in mySQL database

[PhpPhreak]

Can someone help me determine how to store HTML text in a mySQL database?

Should one store it a as a BLOB?
What functions do I need to use in PHP to retain the tags and all the funky characters so they don't get lost in storing?

How about when retrieving the data?

Thanks!

[press711]

Try http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php

Also read the "User Contributed Notes" in that page.

[PhpPhreak]

Thanks but I need some source code to help me out here

Anyone have actual experience in storing HTML in a mySQL database, please help!

[press711]

The code is there. As I said look in the "User Contributed Notes".