Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7056 Updated: Setting string variables to value starting with '<' cause string to be empty.

Sigh. I know this. But the point is I'm trying to print FONT tags TO a browser. Their effects should show up. They don't. Then I do a 'View Source' and voila, no FONT tag is there either. The problem is obviously deeper than this. I'm working on tracking it down. I'll give ya an update later. thanks t Begin forwarded message: Return-Path: <root@php2.chek.com> Date: 10 Oct 2000 12:36:18 -0000 To: tammy@synchronis.com Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #7056 Updated: Setting string variables to value starting with '<' cause string to be empty. From: Bug Database <php-dev@lists.php.net> ID: 7056 Updated by: stas Reported By: tammy@synchronis.com Status: Closed Bug Type: *General Issues Assigned To: Comments: You probably are looking on it from a browser. browser shows HTMl, i.e. it won't show a < because it thinks it's an HTML tag. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-06 12:34:20] tammy@synchronis.com 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: <http://bugs.php.net/?id=7056