You might try this, putting the escape character around the userid.> $file = "/path/to/my/server/\"$userid.win\""; Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 > > Here is my code for the text file. > $file = "/path/to/my/server/$userid.win"; > $text = "\n"; > $fp = fopen($file, "w"); > fwrite($fp, $text); > fclose($fp); > > I am getting this error BEFORE it tries to write the file. What's in $userid? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]