Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60090&edit=1
ID: 60090 Updated by: larue...@php.net Reported by: karunungan dot odesk at gmail dot com Summary: string "<" bug -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.3.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php I think you meaning in Browser. you can run the script in CMD to look at the result Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-19 03:31:19] karunungan dot odesk at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Variables containing a less than sign at the start immediately followed by a character does not evaluate (nothing is returned). If the character is followed by other characters such as <br /> or \n, the correct string is returned. Test script: --------------- $foobar = "<A"; echo $foobar; //does not work! (string) $foobar = "<A"; echo "$foobar"; //does not work! function foobar(){ $foobar = "<A"; return $foobar; } echo foobar(); //does not work! $foobar = "<A<br />"; echo $foobar; //works! $foobar = "<A\n"; echo $foobar; //works! Expected result: ---------------- <A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60090&edit=1
