HTML code in a textarea

[eluser]Salvador P.[/eluser]
Tried to put this at the beginning of the function which gets the textarea data, and at the constructor of the controller:
The config.php has global_xss_filtering to TRUE.

Code:

$this->config->set_item('global_xss_filtering', FALSE);

And doesn't work, the inputs are escaped and the style=" tags gone.

EDIT.
Some moderator or admin, can change the title of the post to:
HTML code in a textarea (XSS filtering escapes inline tags like style = " )

The forum doesn't let me change the title of the post.

Thanks!