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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:43:54+00:00

I have some php code in a database like so $x = <?php some

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I have some php code in a database like so 

$x = "<?php some code here ?>";

but I want to output that whole line to the browser without php evaluating it. Right now it is evaluating it unfortunately. I thought about escaping it but that didn’t work. How might a person accomplish this?

Thanks

EDIT:

<?php

echo '<? hey ?>';
echo "<dog dog>";

?>

if I run that code the dog dog tag shows up in the browser source code where as <? hey ?> does not. It seems like it would still be evaluating it.

Edit, got the answer, thanks everyone.

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  1. Editorial Team

    ‘Single quotes’ tell PHP to interpert the string exactly as is. It will include all whitespace and characters exactly as is.

    “Double Quotes” tell PHP to parse the string. This reduces whitespace, replaces variables, and parses any other magic string things.

    Finally, `backticks` are used for shell commands.

    If you are trying to display it in a browser exactly like that, you might want to try htmlentities($string).

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