[SOLVED] Output $ symbol in PHP script

[Guest]

I'm writing a script that should create a file named dbconnect.php. This is what I have so far:

 

$dbhost = $_POST['dbhost'];
  $dbuser = $_POST['dbuser'];
  $dbpass = $_POST['dbpass'];
  $dbname = $_POST['dbname'];
  $handle = fopen("dbconnect.php", "wt");
  fwrite($handle, "<?php\n&#36;dbhost = \"$dbhost\";\n&#36;dbuser = \"$dbuser\";\n&#36;dbpass = \"$dbpass\";\n&#36;dbname = \"$dbname\";\n&#36;connection = mysql_connect(&#36;dbhost, &#36;dbuser, &#36;dbpass) or die(\"Unable to connect to &#36;dbname! \".mysql_error().\".\");\nmysql_select_db(&#36;dbname) or die(\"Unable to select &#36;dbname! \".mysql_error().\".\");\n?>");
  fclose($handle);

 

The problem is that the file it generates looks like this:

 

<?php
&#36;dbhost = "localhost";
&#36;dbuser = "root";
&#36;dbpass = "zissou1";
&#36;dbname = "cmsnap";
&#36;connection = mysql_connect(&#36;dbhost, &#36;dbuser, &#36;dbpass) or die("Unable to connect to &#36;dbname! ".mysql_error().".");
mysql_select_db(&#36;dbname) or die("Unable to select &#36;dbname! ".mysql_error().".");
?>

 

It isn't converting the $ to a $ symbol. When I replace $ with $ in the fwrite function, it just echoes those function values and then it looks like this:

 

<?php
localhost = "localhost";
root = "root";
zissou1 = "zissou1";
cmsnap = "cmsnap";
= mysql_connect(localhost, root, zissou1) or die("Unable to connect to cmsnap! ".mysql_error().".");
mysql_select_db(cmsnap) or die("Unable to select cmsnap! ".mysql_error().".");
?>

 

How do I fix this?

[Guest]

Er ignore all the #38; symbols. Those were generated when I tried to post D:

[Sulman]

Have you tried escaping the dollar sign?:

 

<?php
fwrite($handle, "<?phpn\n \$dbhost = \"$dbhost\"...etc
?>

[DarkWater]

You need to escape it or write it in single quotes.  Either:

 

$string = "\$something = 'Lol';";

 

Or:

 

$string = '$something = "Lol";';

[KevinM1]

Just escape it:

$dollars = 20;
echo "I have \$$dollars.";

[Guest]

That's really obvious, why didn't I think of that 

[revraz]

It's always the easy ones that are hard to find lol