Question

I have the following code:

<?php
     $result = '<test>hello</test>';
     echo $result;

When I execute it, then I only receive

hello

It seems so, that PHP deletes these tags in the string, when i try to give it out. How can I preserve these tags in the string?

Answer 1

you can use htmlentities() php function : in your case,

echo htmlentities($result);

or

echo htmlentities("<test>hello</test>");

better approach will be

htmlspecialchars()