--TEST-- Bug #21453 (handling of non-encoded <) --FILE-- <?php $test = " <table> <tr><td>first cell before < first cell after</td></tr> <tr><td>second cell before < second cell after</td></tr> </table>"; var_dump(strip_tags($test)); ?> --EXPECT-- string(80) " first cell before < first cell after second cell before < second cell after "