PHP 4.0 Bug #7056: Setting string variables to value starting with '<' cause string to be empty.
| From: | tammy at synchronis dot com | Date: | Fri, 06 Oct 2000 16:34:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | PHP 4.0 Bug #7056: Setting string variables to value starting with '<' cause string to be empty. | ||
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From: tammy@synchronis.com
Operating system: redhat linux 5.2
PHP version: 4.0.2
PHP Bug Type: *General Issues
Bug description: Setting string variables to value starting with '<' cause string
to be empty.
Setting a variable in any of the following ways and then printing it will show no value for the
variable. Note that the string can start with any whitespace as well - e.g. ' <' will
not work either. And setting to for example ' < blah' will still not work but setting
to ' x < blah' will print 'x'. Is this expected behavior?! How do I set a
string that includes the '<' character? Also, I thought strings quoted with single
quotes were not parsed ?
$fonts = array('heading' => 'FONT FACE="ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF"
SIZE="3">',
'column' => 'FONT FACE="ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF"
SIZE="2">');
$fonts['heading'] = '<' . 'FONT
FACE="ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF" SIZE="3">';
$fonts['column'] = "\<FONT FACE=\"ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF\"
SIZE=\"2\">";
$foo = '<FONT FACE="ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF" SIZE="3">';
echo "foo: $foo <BR>";
dumpList('fonts', $fonts); // this just prints the list.