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Asked: 2026-06-15T21:42:15+00:00

I’m using fgets to read a file line by line. Certain string combinations are

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I’m using fgets to read a file line by line. Certain string combinations are being ignored. I’m guessing this is being picked up as an escape character, but I don’t understand.

My code is:

$myFile = $_GET['filename'];

$file = fopen($myFile, "r");

while (!feof($file))
{
   $currentLine = fgets($file);
   print $currentLine;
}

And my file is:

15:37:33 Me <Washington  USA>  outdoor
15:39:34 Me <Washington USA>  outdoor
15:41:36 Me <208 Terrace Ct SE USA>  outdoor
15:43:37 Me <305 Glyndon St SE USA>  indoor

Yet the output is only this:

15:37:33 me outdoor 15:39:34 me outdoor 15:41:36 me <208 Terrace Ct SE USA> outdoor 15:43:37 me <305 Glyndon St SE USA> indoor

Why are the <‘s followed by characters ignored but not the <‘s followed by numbers?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The browser interprets the text between < and > as an HTML tag (at least the ones that don’t start with a digit). If you look at the source of your page, I’m sure you’ll find the complete text.

    To solve your issue, use PHP’s htmlentities() function like this:

    print htmlentities($currentLine);

    http://ch2.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php

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