perhaps you could try to parse the string in htmlentities , then when display back the string coming from the db, you pass it through html_entity_decode Regards, Swanand Reddy --- On Wed, 1/28/09, (¯`?.~ Abdul Qadir ~.?´¯) <abdulqadirmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: (¯`?.~ Abdul Qadir ~.?´¯) <abdulqadirmail@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: i want to parse HTML and insert it into DB To: "PHP list" <php-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 4:18 AM Aslam o Alikum Hy dear all I m in a problem please help me Problem : I want to parse html data and insert it into mysql DB Description : I want to open a html file by using php and then read its data in between html tags and insert the data into DBe.g. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing= "0" cellpadding= "1"> <tr> <td>Heading 1</td> <td>Heading 2</td> <td>Heading 3</td> <td>Heading 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10a</td> <td>20a</td> <td>30a</td> <td>40a</td> </tr> </table> i want to insert the Heading 1, Heading 2..... and 10a, 20a...... and so on..... if anyone can, then guide me please Best Regards, Abdul Qadir Web Designer & Developer Cell: +923335760105 +923455611619 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Are you looking for a PHP job? Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:php-objects-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:php-objects-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/