problem with <p></p><br/>

[dhanya_kr]

hello all,

i have a form with a text field(topic) and a rich text area(content)

how can i prevent a text like "<p></p><br/>" or any html entities in those areas.
as it causes a lot of trouble when i display the result( they work according to their property)

thanks

[rincewind456]

[man]strip_tags/man

[Piranha]

or [man]htmlspecialchars[/man]