How can 2 > 10 be true in PHP?

Question

I am now staring at my code:

if(2 > 10) echo "$#@$#$#$";

and the results are that the string is echoed on the page! So how can this be possible?

If I do this:

$i = 2;
$j = 10;
if($i > $j) echo "$#@$#$#$";

my script generates a 500 error.

And if I do this:

$i = 2;
if($i > 10) echo "$#@$#$#$";

I get this error message:

Notice: Use of undefined constant  10 - assumed ' 10'

What could be the reason for this behavior?

Answer 1

Will probably works fine :

if(2 >10) echo "$#@$#$#$";

You may have an encoded whitespace you cannot see before 10 (wich is why it's saying assumed ' 10' and not '10')