dumping output to a file

[severndigital]

ok .. this is probably really easy but it's been eluding me all day.

I need to have a php file that:

1. processes some variables.
2. mixes the processed variables with some html code
3. write the results to a file

for example i would like to define

$variable = 'some text here';

then incorporate that into some html like this.

<a href="alinkhere"><? echo "$variable";?></a>

when i use fwrite(); my output to the file looks like this

<a href="alinkhere"><? echo "$variable";?></a>

but i want it to look like this

<a href="alinkhere">some text here</a>

any ideas .. what am i missing.

thanks in advance.
chris

[devinemke]

$variable = 'some text here';
$variable_with_html = '<a href="alinkhere">' . $variable . '</a>';

// write $variable_with_html to your file

[severndigital]

that did the trick .. i knew it would somthing simple .. thanks a lot
chris