HTML button display problem

I am working through an issue where I'm trying to display HTML code, stored in a text field in a MySQL database. The code that I have looks like this: <tr> <td colspan=3 ><center> <?php printf($result[PAYPAL_BUTTON]); ?> </center> </td> </tr> This code displays nothing when viewed on the web server, although the contents of the db field are: <FORM method="POST" > <P><INPUT type="submit" value="Submit" name="subBut"> </FORM> Question: 1. How do I get this code to display correctly (i.e. create the button / not show the underlying HTML)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help. Mark