Echo Assistance Needed

[RossIV]

Hello!
I need some help with an echo statement. I am using "read variablenamehere" to get user input in an installer. That part works fine. I need to write that to a file, though. This is the code I have now:

(I was trying to post code here, but it picks up part of it as a URL. See

pastebin .com/ 8TmS3wG5

Sorry for the spaces, I can't post URLs yet)

Everything works great except for all of the variables on the left ($username, $password, etc) are not sent to the file. Rather they are parsed as variables and send blank text i.e. nothingness. How can I get echo to not parse the variables on the left, but parse the ones on the right?

Thanks for your help!
Ross

[atreyu]

Hi,

Try escaping the dollar sign with a backslash, to prevent the shell (bash, etc.) from interpreting it for you, e.g.:

echo "\$username = 'gvsms'; " >>  config.inc.php

[RossIV]

Hi,

Try escaping the dollar sign with a backslash, to prevent the shell (bash, etc.) from interpreting it for you, e.g.:

echo "\$username = 'gvsms'; " >>  config.inc.php

I think that is what I want to do, but I still want the other variables for $installdbpass, $gvemail, and $gvpass to be passed as their values. Will it work that way?

[RossIV]

I think that is what I want to do, but I still want the other variables for $installdbpass, $gvemail, and $gvpass to be passed as their values. Will it work that way?

YEAH!!!!!! It works! Thank you!!!!

[atreyu]

cheers!!!!