HTML textarea with <script> tags in it

Question

I'm trying to make a textarea ( name="google_analytics_code" ) that will save in the DB the google analytics script. The problem is that it will not even POST anything ( $_POST['google_analytics_code'] = "" ) if I paste the script from google with script tags in it.

How can I make the textarea to be posted with the whole script (including script tags)?

Answer 1

It should work. See this JSBin for a demo.

If it's not working, it would help to see code — an example of a stripped-down HTML page and PHP script that reproduce the problem.