EXPORT TO PDF

HI,
I need export the text that I write in the CKEditor To PDF....
I first Send the text to My database and when I need to export to pdf y lookin for in my DB the text that I want....
I am using HTML2pdf but when I create the PDF my text has the HTML tags

I used some functions from PHP but doesn´t works....
My problem is this:
if I write in my code PHP this:
$text = "<p> ............................. </p>"; and using HTML2pdf .... this works

but when I do:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Text where id='$id'",$link) or die(mysql_error());
$r_ok = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$text = $r_ok['mytext'];

I have a problem because in the PDF shows all the tags

i hope that you can help me thanks