XSS Protection is removing [removed] tags - but I don't want it to! :)

[eluser]JackWH[/eluser]
Hey folks,

CodeIgniter is brilliant but I'm using it to develop a site where users need to be able to share their code for websites. Unfortunately, CodeIgniter has been doing the "right" thing by removing [removed] tags from my user's inputs into the database, so when it's returned data looks like this:

[removed] User's data [removed]

However, I need my site to DISPLAY script tags but obviously not PARSE them. How can I get CodeIgniter or PHP to return Script tags, but still sanitise them for the database and return them without them executing?

Thanks!

Jack

EDIT: Oh look, how ironic, even CodeIgniter's forum removes [removed] tags too. Haha! [removed] [removed] [removed] - I mean, < script >