Input fields won't allow some operators to be printed
<p>I have an input form which I use in order to post some data in the database, the issue is it won't allow me to post characters like "+", "&amp;" etc..</p>

<p>Now I've used this format:</p>

<pre><code>$postPagesashtepi = $_POST["postPagesashtepi"];
</code></pre>

<p>The form looks like this:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input id="pagesashtepi" name="pagesashtepi" type="text" size="40" value="&lt;?php echo $row['pagesashtepi'];?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I've also used <code>filter sanitized</code> too but no success again..
Can someone help me with this?</p>
