Using TableGateway on table where < is in string of results and is messing up object

I have this text within a field: Protect Rounding? <<<Flag1=1

I can query down to the row as expected, but when I output the results anything past the field with the <<< the results get messed up when working with it as an object.

How do I not have the <<< (where it messes up if it is just one <) mess up the results:

Here is the object output with the <<< within it:

object(K3sbase\Model\TABLCOD)#618 (20) { [“TA_COMP”]=> string(1) “C” [“TA_CODETYP”]=> string(3) “APP” [“TA_BIRTH”]=> string(10) “2016-02-24” [“TA_LASTUPD”]=> string(10) “2016-02-24” [“TA_CODEVAL”]=> string(20) "K3S_1050 BATCH_PO " [“TA_CODEDS1”]=> string(100) "Use of PB Pending batch orders " [“TA_CODEDS2”]=> string(100) " " [“TA_CODEDS3”]=> string(100) " " [“TA_CODEDS4”]=> string(100) "Protect Rounding? << string(100) "Protect Alternate Source orders? << string(1) “0” [“TA_FLAG2”]=> string(1) “0” [“TA_FLAG3”]=> string(1) “0” [“TA_FLAG4”]=> string(1) “1” [“TA_FLAG5”]=> string(1) “0” [“TA_NUMBER1”]=> string(1) “0” [“TA_NUMBER2”]=> string(3) “.00” [“TA_NUMBER3”]=> string(5) “.0000” [“TA_PROTECT”]=> string(1) “0” [“TA_SEQUENC”]=> string(3) " "}

Here is the data when I take out the <<<
object(K3sbase\Model\TABLCOD)#618 (20) { ["TA_COMP"]=> string(1) "C" ["TA_CODETYP"]=> string(3) "APP" ["TA_BIRTH"]=> string(10) "2019-09-30" ["TA_LASTUPD"]=> string(10) "2019-09-30" ["TA_CODEVAL"]=> string(20) "K3S_1050 BATCH_PO " ["TA_CODEDS1"]=> string(100) "Use of PB Pending batch orders " ["TA_CODEDS2"]=> string(100) " " ["TA_CODEDS3"]=> string(100) " " ["TA_CODEDS4"]=> string(100) "Protect Rounding? Flag4=1 " ["TA_CODEDS5"]=> string(100) "Protect Alternate Source orders? Flag5=1 " ["TA_FLAG1"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_FLAG2"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_FLAG3"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_FLAG4"]=> string(1) "1" ["TA_FLAG5"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_NUMBER1"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_NUMBER2"]=> string(3) ".00" ["TA_NUMBER3"]=> string(5) ".0000" ["TA_PROTECT"]=> string(1) "0" ["TA_SEQUENC"]=> string(3) " " }

FLAG1 just disappears from the first results.