function toDB($data, $nostrip = false, $no_encode = false, $mod = false)
	{
		global $pref;
		if (is_array($data)) {
			// recursively run toDB (for arrays)
			foreach ($data as $key => $var) {
				$ret[$key] = $this -> toDB($var, $nostrip, $no_encode, $mod);
			}
		} else {
			if (MAGIC_QUOTES_GPC == TRUE && $nostrip == false) {
				$data = stripslashes($data);
			}
			if(isset($pref['post_html']) && check_class($pref['post_html']))
			{
				$no_encode = TRUE;
			}
			if ($no_encode === TRUE && $mod != 'no_html')
			{
				$search = array('$', '"', "'", '\\', '<?');
				$replace = array('&#/*1*/036;','&q/*1*/uot;','&#/*1*/039;', '&#0/*1*/92;', '&/*1*/lt;?');
				$ret = str_replace($search, $replace, $data);
			} else {
				$data = htmlspecialchars($data, ENT_QUOTES, CHARSET);
				$data = str_replace('\\', '\', $data);
				$ret = preg_replace("/&amp;#(\d*?);/", "&#\\1;", $data);
			}
			//If user is not allowed to use [php] change to entities
			if(!check_class($pref['php_bbcode']))
			{
				$ret = preg_replace("#\[(php)#i", "[\\1", $ret);
			}

		}

		return $ret;
	}