$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM gallery ORDER BY id DESC",$connect);  
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);  
if ($num != 0) {  
$file= fopen("../images.xml" , "w");  
$_xml ="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?>\r\n";  
$_xml .="<gallery>\r\n";  
function gf($string)  
{  
return '"'.$string.'"';  
}  

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {  
$_xml .=" <image path=" . gf($row[imagepath]) ; //image path="  
$_xml .=" thumb=" . gf($row[thumb]) ; //" thumb="  
$_xml .=" captions=" . gf($row[captions]) . "/>\r\n";//" captions="  

}  

$_xml .="</gallery>";  
fwrite($file, $_xml); /  
fclose($file);