echo after <

[esukf]

What is happening here? Can't figure out why it can't echo text if there is something right after <

I know i can use &lt; but whats special about < ??

<?
$str = "a <abc";
$str1 = "a < abc";

echo $str;
echo "<br />";
echo $str1;
?>

Output:

a
a < abc

[Installer]

The browser is doing that. "<" tells it that an html tag is starting. Run this and you'll see that PHP is sending it to the browser:

$str = "a <abc"; 
echo htmlentities($str);

[esukf]

Thanks, just checked the html source and it does show a <abc

[Houdini]

<?php 
$str = htmlspecialchars("a <abc");
$str1 = htmlspecialchars("a < abc");
echo $str;
echo "<br />";
echo $str1;
?>