Re: exec("echo ... issuse

use \" instead of " so that you don't actually end the string Henry "Mario Ohnewald" <mario.ohnewald@gmx.de> wrote in message news:001801c2647a$070aa100$350aa8c0@W2KDP... > Hello! > I want to write a line into a file (called $script) wich goes like that: > > echo "date 192.168.10.123 is down, lets call the > admin. I was > sleeping for 10 Minutes | smbclient -M Computer > > This is what i have tried: > exec("echo " echo "date ===> $ip is > down, lets call the admin. I > was sleeping for $var_timer_rechner1 Minutes" | smbclient -M $popup_1" >> > $script"); > > The problem is that after > exec("echo " > its command ends due to that ". > > I tried \" to let php ignore this " but then it doesn´t write my " anymore: > exec("echo \" echo \"date ===> $ip is > down, lets call the admin. I > was sleeping for $var_timer_rechner1\" | smbclient -M $popup_1\" >> > $script"); > > this is the result: > echo Wed Sep 25 12:29:17 CEST 2002 ===> 192.168.10.1 is down, lets call the > admin. I was sleeping for | smbclient -M Server > > but i want: > echo "Wed Sep 25 12:29:17 CEST 2002 ===> 192.168.10.1 is down, lets call the > admin. I was sleeping for" | smbclient -M Server > > ^^ > ^^ > missing > missing > > > Can anyone tell me where the my mistake is? > > > Cheers, Mario >