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Bug #45428 PHP echoes nothing when it is told to echo a PHP opening tag
Submitted: 2008-07-03 15:39 UTC Modified: 2008-07-03 16:23 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: eladnava at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-07-03 15:39 UTC] eladnava at gmail dot com 
Description:
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PHP echoes nothing when it is told to echo a PHP opening tag:
echo( "<?php" ); // echoes ""
echo( "<?" ); // echoes ""


It can echo ?>.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
echo( "<?php" ); // echoes ""
echo( "<?" ); // echoes ""
?>

Expected result:
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<?php or <?

Actual result:
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""

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 [2008-07-03 15:42 UTC] eladnava at gmail dot com 
Incorrect PHP version.
 [2008-07-03 16:23 UTC] scottmac@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions.  Due to the volume
of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not
a bug.  The support channels will be able to provide an explanation
for you.

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

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