Group, I am trying to write a script to create in include file. I can not get the output correct to add the <?php opening tag. Here is my code. What am I doing wrong? $information = "<?php"; $information = $information."\$host='$server';\n"; $information = $information."\$user='$user';\n"; $information = $information."\$pwd='$pwd';\n"; $information = $information."\$dv='$db';\n"; $information = $informtaion."?>"; If I leave off the first line, everything works okay. Thanks for your help. Michael J. Reaves, MS, MCP Project Specialist [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]