parse source code

[tty0]

is there a function that you can pass a url to and return the source code to a variable so it can be parsed?


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[ericbrunson]

You would have to use something like "cURL" or "wget" to fetch the HTML from the remote machine.

 

[Olavxxx]

There are also some easy sollutions, like iframe.
iframe is not 100% supported by all browsers, so it might not be a good idea.

fopen -- Opens file or URL

I think you should look at:

http://no.php.net/fopen

There are some sample codes there that you can try for your liking.

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[tty0]

cheers eric that was the one but it was getting late and i couldnt remember.

thanks butcher too, i'll bear that one in mind in future

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[DRJ478]

A note:
fopen() can only open pages via http:// if the corresponding wrappers are enabled.
cURL is an optional module which needs to be compiled in the PHP (at least on *nix OSs).
I usually recommend to use socket commands. fsockopen() to the host and then I construct a GET request. You could build a nice little function that can be used in many scenarios.