Disable html rendering

[Shabam]

I'mallowing users to put in optional text in a form, which will be sent to
other users. However I'd like to prevent this text from rendering to html.
I remember there was a html tag that can do this. Can someone tell me what
it is? I don't think it's [pre], but not sure.

 

[David Dorward]

I'mallowing users to put in optional text in a form, which will be sent to
other users. However I'd like to prevent this text from rendering to
html.

Convert & characters to &amp;, < characters to &lt; and > characters to
&gt;. This is trivial in pretty much any language you might be processing
the form data with.

 

[Safalra]

I'mallowing users to put in optional text in a form, which will be sent to
other users. However I'd like to prevent this text from rendering to html.
I remember there was a html tag that can do this. Can someone tell me what
it is? I don't think it's [pre], but not sure.

You're thinking of <plaintext>. Don't use it though - it's the work of
the devil (or TBL when he was briefly possessed by the devil). David
Dorward's reply gives you the right answer.