Writing PHP code to a file

[vocoder]

I'm writing out to a file that includes PHP code in it....here is a snippet of what is being written out to the file

fwrite ($news_file, "<? include (\"/home/mysite/mydb/mydbstuff.php\"); $linkID=MYSQL_CONNECT($hostname,$username,$password) OR DIE(\"Unable to connect to database\"); ");
fwrite ($news_file, "mysql_select_db(\"$dbName\", $linkID) or die(\"Unable to select database\"); ?>"); 

when written out to the new file it comes out like this

<? include ("/home/mysite/mydb/mydbstuff.php"); Resource id #1=MYSQL_CONNECT(actualhostname,actualusername,actualpassword) OR DIE("Unable to connect to database"); mysql_select_db("actualdbname", Resource id #1) or die("Unable to select database"); ?>

how do i fix this?

[Bunkermaster]

your problem with the Resource id #1 :
add a "." between the $ and the linkID or use a diff variable name or use ' to delimit your string...

fwrite ($news_file, '<? include ("/home/mysite/mydb/mydbstuff.php");
$linkID=MYSQL_CONNECT($hostname,$username,$password) OR DIE("Unable to connect to database");
");
fwrite ($news_file, "mysql_select_db("$dbName", $SeclinkID) or die("Unable to select database");
?>
'); 

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[EDIT]Odd cut in $password...can't correct but you got the spirit[/EDIT]

[vocoder]

yeah thanks....I forgot to escape the $, so switching $linkID to \$linkID (and the rest) seems to have fixed the problem, heh. DOH.