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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