jimbudd

THANKS!!!!! [!--quoteo(post=357207:date=Mar 22 2006, 01:13 AM:name=akitchin)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(akitchin @ Mar 22 2006, 01:13 AM) [snapback]357207[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] if you ever want to insert a character that you're using as a string delimiter (that is, double or single quotes), you can escape it to have its delimitation meaning nulled. in lighter terms, escaping a character makes it mean nothing: [code]$content3 = '<?php $thisbio = \''. $username .'\';?>';[/code] notice that i escape (add a backslash) before the two single quotes that i want to appear in the string itself. an alternative would be to use double quotes, like so: [code]$content3 = "<?php \$thisbio = '$username';?>";[/code] here we have to escape the first $ since otherwise PHP will try to insert the actual value of $thisbio, not simply insert a literal $thisbio. [/quote]

hi i CAN get my php write file script to dynamically insert a name, but CANT get the name in the result file, to be inside inverted commas as the script and wont parse. eg. my create file script: [!--coloro:#3333FF--][span style=\"color:#3333FF\"][!--/coloro--]$content3 = '<?php $thisbio = '. $username .'";?> '; write_file("$webpath/$username/ID.php","$content3\n");[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] dynamically loads the user and writes the result ID.php file: [!--coloro:#3333FF--][span style=\"color:#3333FF\"][!--/coloro--]<?php $thisbio = blackbetty; ?>[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] but here's my problem, the result needs to look like this: [!--coloro:#3333FF--][span style=\"color:#3333FF\"][!--/coloro--]<?php $thisbio = 'blackbetty'; ?>[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] so my newbie attempt was this, but of course wont parse: [!--coloro:#3333FF--][span style=\"color:#3333FF\"][!--/coloro--]$content3 = '<?php $thisbio = ''. $username .''";?> '; write_file("$webpath/$username/ID.php","$content3\n");[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] so can someone please help me to write this correctly?? many thanks, jimbudd