SoapServer parsing string '<' to &lt; in the response while using SoapUI

Question

I am working on a SOAP project and the response is not as expected instead I am getting in this format with &lt; in place of '<'

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://example.com/">
   <SOAP-ENV:Body>
      <ns1:testResponse>
         <testname>
            //some other elements
            <description>&lt;![CDATA[Testing some 
data here]]&gt;</descripton>
            //some other elements
         </testname>
      </ns1:testResponse>
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

I am using PHP as my soap handling and sending the data[name, description, location, etc.] through an instance which will be processed in the WSDL file with

My WSDL file represents the same element

 //other stuff  
 <xs:schema xmlns:xs='xyz' xmlns:xsd='abc'>
    <xs:complexType name="data">
        <xs:element name='name' type='xsd:string' />
        <xs:element name='description' type='xsd:string' />
        <xs:element name='location' type='xsd:string' />
        ....
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

I even tried sending the data as a SoapVar like so in my PHP function

$this->description = new SoapVar("<![CDATA[".$res['info']."]]>", XSD_ANYTYPE);

and if I change it to XSD_ANYXML, the response is sending the data as plain text without the CDATA enclosure.

<name>myName</name>
Testing some
data here
<location>myLocation</location>

Can anyone help me find the error, I am new to using SOAP?