Re: quick and easy(php newbie)

Try something like: $Entry = $openingEntry . $numberAtt . "\"" . $myNumber . "\"" . $nameAtt... and so on. travis wrote:

just a quick syntax question: here is my php <? $openingItemTag = "<item>\n"; $openingEntry = " <entry "; $numberAtt = "number="; $nameAtt = "name="; $dateAtt = "date="; $messageAtt = "message="; $linkAtt = "link="; $closingEntry = "/>\n"; $closingItemTag = "</item>"; $Entry= $openingEntry.$numberAtt.$myNumber.$nameAtt.$myName.$dateAtt.$myDate. $messageAtt.$myMessage. $linkAtt.$myLink.$closingEntry; $Item = $openingItemTag.$Entry.$closingItemTag; $fp = fopen ("news.xml", "a"); fwrite($fp,$Item); fclose($fp); ?> if done twice it returns this: <item> <entry number=01name=travisdate=01.08.02message=hello worldlink=http://www.me.com/> </item><item> <entry number=01name=travisdate=01.08.02message=hello worldlink=http://www.me.com/> </item> i want it to display as follows: <item> <entry number="01" name="travis" date="01.08.02" message="hello world" link="http://www.me.com/"> </item> <item> <entry number="01" name="travis" date="01.08.02" message="hello world" link="http://www.me.com/"> </item> now it is writing to the file I want perfectly....but but but I need to add quotes around the attributes and spaces between each attribute, and a line break before each item what do I need to add to $Entry to get that to display correctly

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