var_dump('<a>')
// or
var_dump("<a>")
// or
var_dump("\x3Ca>")
// all result in
string(3) ""
What is going on? Only putting a space after the less-than sign works for me.
PHP Version 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4
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The
<a>is probably getting rendered as an empty tag in the browser – try viewing the page source