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Saving a mail-address in a file ... please help!

Jan 27, 2001, 4:01 AM
Chef
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Saving a mail-address in a file ... please help!
Newbie needs help!

If i use anything like this:

$mail_address = 'myemail@mysite.com';

in a form and i'd like to save it into a textfile like this:

$mail_address = 'myemail\@mysite.com';

how do i insert the backshlash into the mail-address?

Chef

Jan 27, 2001, 5:28 AM
Andy
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Jan 27, 2001, 5:28 AM
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Try;

$new_email = "$oldemailaddress";
$new_email =~ s/\@/\\\@/g;

Then save $new_email to the file.

Hope this helps


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Jan 27, 2001, 7:30 AM
Chef
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Jan 27, 2001, 7:30 AM
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Yep - thanx!