$hello ?

hello, i got myfile.txt saying: i say: $hello now i write a script like: $hello = "hello world"; $lines = join("\n", file("myfile.txt")); method 1: ======= echo("\$text = \"\$lines\";"); var_dump($text); method 2: ======== $temp = $var; $text = $temp; none of the method assigns the value "i say: hello world" to $text they both still parse $text to "i say: $hello" How can i solve this, I know it's silly,...but i surrender at the moment... -elias http://eassoft.cjb.net