Bug #60090 [NEW]: string "<" bug

From: Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:string "<" bug 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 bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60090&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60090&r=mysqlcfg