The URL that you're grabbing there is a frameset, it's probably not the
page you want to look at.
When you right-click on the page you want to parse and select "View
Source" and get the information you posted below, do the same thing but
right-click and select "Properties" (in IE at least) and it'll tell you
the URL that you're really looking at.
My guess is that you're really parsing this source:
<html><head>
<title>RuneScape - the massive online adventure game by Jagex
Ltd</title>
<meta name="Description" content="RuneScape is a massive 3d multiplayer
adventure, with monsters to kill, quests to complete, and treasure to
win. You control your own character who will improve and become more
powerful the more you play.">
<meta name="Keywords" content="Runescape, Jagex, free, games, online,
multiplayer, magic, spells, java, MMORPG, MPORPG, gaming">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
</head>
<frameset cols=* frameborder=0 border=0>
<noframes>
<body bgcolor="black" text="white">
<h3>RuneScape</h3>
RuneScape is a massive 3d multiplayer adventure, with monsters
to kill, quests to complete, and treasure to win. You control your
own character who will improve and become more powerful the more you
play.
<p>This site uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p>
<p>To play Runescape and browse our website, please download a
recent web browser
such as <a href='http://www.microsoft.com'>Microsoft Internet
Explorer</a> or <a href='http://www.netscape.com'>Netscape</a>.</p>
<br><br>
<p>The Jagex Team.</p>
</body>
</noframes>
<!--<frame src="none.html" noresize scrolling="no">-->
<frame src="frame2.cgi?page=title.html" noresize scrolling="auto">
<!--<frame src="none.html" noresize scrolling="no">-->
</frameset>
</html>
Try echo'ing $line and looking at the data you're parsing. I bet it's
what you see above.
-TG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: champinoman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: grabbing information from websites
>
>
> i said i was learning this and didnt really understand it.
> so going by what has been said i have come up with the
> following.... but
> still doesnt want to work.
> heres what i have:
>
> <?php
> $file = fopen
> ("http://hiscore.runescape.com/aff/runescape/hiscorepersonal.c
> gi?username=champinoman","r");
> $line = fgets ($file, 1024);
> if
> (preg_match('#username=champinoman&category=13.*align="right">
> (.*)</td>#mi',$line,$out))
> {
> $rune = $out;
> }
> fclose($file);
> print $rune;
> ?>
>
> and the source it is looking at is:
>
> <tr><td><img src="http://www.runescape.com/img/hiscores/crafting.gif";
> valign="bottom" width=16 height=16 /></td><td> </td>
> <td><a href="hiscoreuser.cgi?username=champinoman&category=13"
> class=c>Crafting</a></td>
> <td align="right">70,277</td><td align="right">
> 43
> </td><td align="right">
> 53,630
> </td></tr>
>
> I want it to get the 70,277 and store as $rune
> if someone can tell me where im wrong i would be extremely grateful
>
> thank you for your ongoing support.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------
> "M. Sokolewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ugh, obviously I'm a bad typer :) The code should be:
> >
> >
> preg_match('#username=champinoman&category=13.*align="right">(
> .*)</td>#mi',
> > $text, $out);
> >
> > Or using any other patterndelimiter... ;)
> >
> > M. Sokolewicz wrote:
> >
> >> I thought I clearly stated that for the m modifier you
> need to use PCRE
> >> functions!
> >>
> >> eg:
> >>
> >>
> preg_match('/username=champinoman&category=13.*align="right">(
> .*)</td>/mi',
> >> $text, $out);
> >>
> >> Champinoman wrote:
> >>
> >>> so does this look right:
> >>>
> >>> eregi
> >>>
> ("username=champinoman&category=13.*align=\"right\">(.*)</td>"
> m,$line,$out))
> >>>
> >>> is that where i am ment to put the 'm' modifier? or am i
> still off on
> >>> the wrong track?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Graham Cossey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>>> From
> http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/regular_expressions.html:
>>>>
>>>> "Sometimes you have a programming problem and it seems like the
best
>>>> solution is to use regular expressions; now you have two problems."
>>>>
>>>> To me regular expressions are some kind of black art, I've been
>>>> programming
>>>> for 20 years and until recently have pretty much managed to avoid
them.
>>>> The
>>>> above URL is a pretty good tutorial.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Graham
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: champinoman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Sent: 28 September 2004 09:35
>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Subject: [PHP] Re: grabbing information from websites
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> instead of the POSIX regexp, tr using PERL style RegExps
>>>>> (www.php.net/pcre) Once you've done that, you can add the pattern
>>>>> modifier
>>>>> 'm' to allow multilines .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i think im lost now. i had a look at the site but im not sure what
im
>>>> looking at. any chance u could make a mock script up so i can see
what
>>>> your
>>>> explaining?
>>>>
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