I agree with Trevor... but if he manages to nvigate to the page and try to parse it, he will end up finding the problem Graham said. He is only reading the first line. He can either use fread or shrink his regex to #align="right">([0-9]*,?[0-9]*)</td># and make a loop using fgets. The second option is the worse one tough, the website probably has way more lines matching that criteria... But it works on that small piece of the source.
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:52:59 -0400, Gryffyn, Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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