Convert HTML in a form to store in MySQL Database

[Okari]

I am currently trying to do the following. I have an update page where we can update html for our main site, however I cannot get the HTML to convert so I can store it into MySQL.

I am sending the HTML through a POST method and then calling the conversion, however the HTML may include double quotes and single quotes well before the end of the conversion method. Also, as I am not the only member who will be updates specific pages, some may be HTML taken by a user saving a formatted word file and saving into web format. Can anyone supply some insight in case there is a better way of administering this update, or provide working code for HTML conversion? What I have found in the forums doesn't seem to work for me.

[ScubaKing22]

use htmlspecialchars($var) to convert things like < to &lt;
use addslashes($var) to add slashes before " and ' then use stripslashes($var) to remove the slashes

[Okari]

Thanks, I will try that out immediately.