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Runar · 11-06-2008, 12:51 AM

Hello,

I made an attempt to solve your "problem", and I came up with the following (thanks to the manual) solution. I am sure there are better ways to do this, but this seems to work:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



// Create a new cURL resource

$ch = curl_init();



// Set URL and other appropriate options

curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://localhost/test.html' );

curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0 );



// Start output buffering to capture page source

ob_start();



// Grab URL and pass it to the browser

curl_exec( $ch );



// Close cURL resource, and free up system resources

curl_close( $ch );



// Store content of output buffering to a variable

$cache = ob_get_contents();



// Clean output buffer

ob_end_clean();



// Perform an expression match

preg_match( "/<tr class=\"alternateRow\">[\s]+<td>([\w\d ,]+)<\/td>[\s]+<td>([\d\"\- ]+)<\/td>[\s]+<td>([\d\"\- ]+)<\/td>/im", $cache, $matches );



// Print the matches

print_r( $matches );

    

?>

It will find the following code, then put each of the three matches (it returns four matches, actually, including the entire string) into an array:

Code:

<tr class="alternateRow">
<td> Nov 4, 2008 </td>
<td> 4-6" </td>
<td> 8-10"</td>

We will end up with this (at least I did):

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => <tr class="alternateRow">
<td> Nov 4, 2008 </td>
<td> 4-6" </td>
<td> 8-10"</td>
    [1] =>  Nov 4, 2008 
    [2] =>  4-6" 
    [3] =>  8-10"
)

Let me know what you think, if it works and if there is anything you would do another way!

Yours,
Runar

11-06-2008, 12:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Runar The Contributor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 58 Thanks: 20	Hello, I made an attempt to solve your "problem", and I came up with the following (thanks to the manual) solution. I am sure there are better ways to do this, but this seems to work: PHP Code: <?php // Create a new cURL resource $ch = curl_init(); // Set URL and other appropriate options curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://localhost/test.html' ); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0 ); // Start output buffering to capture page source ob_start(); // Grab URL and pass it to the browser curl_exec( $ch ); // Close cURL resource, and free up system resources curl_close( $ch ); // Store content of output buffering to a variable $cache = ob_get_contents(); // Clean output buffer ob_end_clean(); // Perform an expression match preg_match( "/<tr class=\"alternateRow\">[\s]+<td>([\w\d ,]+)<\/td>[\s]+<td>([\d\"\- ]+)<\/td>[\s]+<td>([\d\"\- ]+)<\/td>/im", $cache, $matches ); // Print the matches print_r( $matches ); ?> It will find the following code, then put each of the three matches (it returns four matches, actually, including the entire string) into an array: Code: <tr class="alternateRow"> <td> Nov 4, 2008 </td> <td> 4-6" </td> <td> 8-10"</td> We will end up with this (at least I did): Code: Array ( [0] => <tr class="alternateRow"> <td> Nov 4, 2008 </td> <td> 4-6" </td> <td> 8-10"</td> [1] => Nov 4, 2008 [2] => 4-6" [3] => 8-10" ) Let me know what you think, if it works and if there is anything you would do another way! Yours, Runar