Description:
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Variables containing a less than sign at the start immediately followed by a 
character does not evaluate (nothing is returned). If the character is followed by 
other characters such as <br /> or \n, the correct string is returned.

Test script:
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$foobar = "<A";
echo $foobar; //does not work!

(string) $foobar = "<A";
echo "$foobar"; //does not work!

function foobar(){
  $foobar = "<A";
  return $foobar;
}
echo foobar(); //does not work!

$foobar = "<A<br />";
echo $foobar; //works!

$foobar = "<A\n";
echo $foobar; //works!


Expected result:
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<A