Variable stores incomplete values...

Hi! I need help with this one. See I store a lot of data into one variable like this: $variable = This is the data.This is the data.This is the data.This is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the data This is the dataThis is the dataThis is the data This is the; da;taThi's is the dataThis is the dataThis is the data This is the dataThis is the dataThis is the dataThis is the data I mean to say taht it is kidof formatted with REturn character, space characters, ', ; and a lot many characters... Now my question is that. If I store the variable in MYSQL dataabse under a particular filed TYPe varchar or TEXT. It doesn't bring up the same kind of format like it was when it was stored.. Is there any way I can get the same output like I stored it.? Thank YOu! Dhaval Desai __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/