At 06:58 07.03.2003, Liam Gibbs said:
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>How is it I can properly get PHP to represent dollar signs when putting it 
>into HTML?
>
>I know that dollar signs denote the beginning of a variable, like $reference 
>or $ftpstream or whatever. However, I have a text file that contains (or can 
>contain) values with $ in them. When I open the file and grab those values, 
>then stick them onto my HTML page, they get unpredictable results. Is there 
>a way I can escape them or such?
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Escape them with a backslash:

$text = "The amount is \$400.-";


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