Online PHP editor | refs for gHhAQ

<?php $values = array( 'a < b', 'a< b', 'a <b', 'a <b d> c' ); foreach ($values as $fieldValue) { var_dump(strip_tags($fieldValue)); $lastLessThanPos = strrpos($fieldValue, '<'); if (false === $lastLessThanPos) { continue; } $lastGreaterThanPos = strrpos($fieldValue, '>'); $nextChar = substr($fieldValue, $lastLessThanPos + 1, 1); var_dump($lastGreaterThanPos, $nextChar); }