Mysql select: ignore html text

My code is now sending data without html tag (h2 Hello /h2) -> Hello

But i want to this: h2 Hello /h2

<?php
include 'dbConfig.php';
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM pmsg ORDER BY send_on";
    $result = $db->query($sql);

    if($result->num_rows > 0){
        while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
            ?>
            <div class='message_container'>
            <span><b><?php echo $row['author']?></b></span><br>
            <?php $text = '<span class="txt">'.$row['message'].'</span>' ;
            echo strip_tags($text);
            ?>
        </div>
            <?php
        }
    }
    ?>```