Problem using fwrite on an XML file

[JeffGSR]

I have the following XML file called images.xml

<gallery timer="6" order="sequential" fadetime="3" looping="yes" xpos="0" ypos="0">

<image path="../flash/images/TEN_2.jpg" />

<image path="../flash/images/TEN_3.jpg" />

</gallery>

I want to be able to add another another image path to this file. So I wrote the following PHP code which is suppose to write another image path to the file.

$file_contents = file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/flash/images.xml");

$file_contents = str_replace ( '</gallery>', '', $file_contents); // delete gallery tag

$file_contents .= "<image path=\"../flash/images/$new_filename\" /></gallery>"; // Add new image path...then close with gallery tag
            
$fp = fopen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/flash/images.xml", 'w');  /// Open images.xml file

if(!$fp){
   admin_top("Error", $user);
   echo "There has been an error opening the flash/images.xml file.";
   admin_footer();
   exit();
}
        
fwrite($fp, $file_contents); // Write to XML file
fclose($fp);  /// close file 

The problem is that the new image path does not write to the file correctly. This is what the XML file will look like after I run the script:

<gallery timer="6" order="sequential" fadetime="3" looping="yes" xpos="0" ypos="0">

<image path="../flash/images/TEN_2.jpg" />

<image path="../flash/images/TEN_3.jpg" />


<image pat

I narrowed the problem down to the quotes at this line:

$file_contents .= "<image path=\"../flash/images/$new_filename\" /></gallery>"; 

If I take the quotes away like the following:

$file_contents .= "<image path=../flash/images/$new_filename /></gallery>"; 

Then the script will work correctly and the image path will write to the file but with no quotes so the Flash script will not work.

So the problem comes down to the quotes causing the problem. Anyone know a way to get around this problem...or know a better way to write the script?

[JeffGSR]

Problem has been fixed.

All I did was make the following change and it worked.

$file_contents .= "<image path=\"".SERVER."/flash/images/$new_filename\" />"; // Add new image path...then
            
$file_contents .= "</gallery>"; // Close with gallery tag 

[jestep]

Have you tried using a a single instead of double quote:

$file_contents .= '<image path="../flash/images/$new_filename" /></gallery>'; 

[Mandes]

Look at your line again, and try to imagine how someone that was stupid would read it, thats hos the PHP interpreter sees it.

$file_contents .= "<image path=\"../flash/images/$new_filename\" /></gallery>"; 

Youve told it that everything within " " should be appended to $file_contents. So when it gets to the path=\" bit it stops and doesnt start again till it sees the next " " pair.

Change your line to

$file_contents .= '<image path=\"../flash/images/$new_filename\" /></gallery>'; 

And try again