Hello firstly, I have forgotten how to make a form filter out html tags for example:

If I typed <p>Hello my name is <b>Phillip</b></p> in a form it would come out as bold... but how do I make it come out like tags?

Second does anyone know anything about Lingo? If so, can you use mysql databases with it?

For your first question, you can use PHP's string functions. I don't remember them because its been a while since I've used them, but thats what php.net is for.

Basically something like this:
1. Use search function to search the inputed string for "<" or ">". (Function should return an irrator to the position of the character)
2. Use replace function to replace the "<" or ">" with &lt; or &gt;

Or you could completely remove the tags with a functions like this:

//Declaration:
function cleanup ($data)
{
return trim (htmlentities(strip_tags($data)));
}

//Then use it like this:
$username = cleanup ($_POST["username"]);


I don't know anything about Lingo, sorry.

Good Luck,
David