[snip] My file is declared at the beginning of the script as: var $exportFile = "Export.txt"; I need it to be, for instance, Export.051205.txt. I have played around with the date function many ways: Ex 1: var $exportFile = "Export" . date("mdy"); [/snip] You almost had it; var $exportFile = "Export." . date("mdy") . ".txt"; [snip] Also, could you point me to somewhere where I can learn the difference between declaring variables as: [/snip] http://www.php.net/variables is a good place to start. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php