< and > in a string

[jeffreyf]

Why does php automatically strip out tags in a string? Is that a setting somewhere?

For instance:

$s = "<"
echo $s results in <

$s = ">"
echo $s results in >

$s = "<".abc.">"
echo $s is blank.

I am sure it is something simple. I am trying to store XML to a string but can't because all of the tags are automatically stripped out. Here is a snippet of my code...

$XML = "<?xml version='1.0'?>";
$XML .= "<resultset>";
$XML .= "<changerequest>";
$XML .= "<date>".$date."</date>";

Help!

[aran]

I haven't experienced this problem personally, but have you tried:

a.) using an output buffer to buffer your XML, then dumping it into the appropriate file
b.) using single quote instead of double

[jeffreyf]

Thanks for reply...two hours later...it looks like that happens when you PRINT the string. The string itself has the right characters. So since I do not have a need to print the string at this point...it's onward...and blindly into space where no man has been before.

[aran]

have you tried the single quotes?

[jeffreyf]

Yes double or singles don't work. Also the

$str = <<<EOT
<stuff>
EOT;

format does not work.

It must be some setting in my apache or php ini files that's stripping off what it thinks are non-valid tags.

[aran]

i'm really out of ideas... Unless you want the php script to just shoot out XML into the current file, but you seem to not want to do that.

i know there is a strip tags function in PHP, but i don't think there is an inverse function for that. After a cursory look through the manual, i haven't found anything...

sorry i couldn't help 🙁 i tried.