Ummm, what exactly is your solution? What did you go with, or what are you going with? On 8/24/05, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there! > > Thanx for the help! > > And everybody else that helped me with the solution of course! :-) > > /G > @varupiraten.se > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rory Browne" <rory.browne@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Jim Moseby" <JMoseby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:21 PM > Subject: Re: possible to get a function from another domain > > > I withdraw my information in my earlier post. > > I was in a cybercafe in a hurry - and didn't have time to consider > what was said, nor what I was saying myself. > > What I said before has little or not merit. > > You can make an experimental interface, and parse the html without the > other domain owners co-operation(although it may be considered rude to > do it without his consent). Your interface breaks when he changes his > system. > > You can get him to create an XML page, that you can parse, if you have > his co-operation, or you could possibly get him to create an XML-RPC > or SOAP interface to his site. > > On 8/23/05, Jim Moseby <JMoseby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > [snip] > > > Can I use require with http? > > > > > > My domain: www.varupiraten.se > > > > > > Other domain: www.webshop2.se > > > > > > Does this kind of code work? > > > > > > Code for my domain: > > > <?php > > > require(http://www.webshop2.se/externfunctions.php); > > > $x = getValueFromProduct('Inno AX5000'); //This function > > > retrieves price > > > > > > from webshop2.se > > > ? > > > [/snip] > > > > > > Have you tried it? > > > > > > Really, unless you own the the other domain and have a way to > > > access the > > > data, you really cannot do this without some sort of screen > > > scraping or > > > URL munging. Let us say that you know the product listing for > > > the other > > > domain is something like > > > > > > http://www.webshop2.com/productInfo.php?product=Inno_AX5000 > > > > > > You could retrieve that data and manipulate it. > > > > > > > But even if you did, you're giving the other guy the power to break your > > site. All he has to do is change the URL or the format of the page, and > > BOOM, your site croaks. > > > > So a relevant question is: "Do you have control of the other site, or at > > least the cooperation of the other site's owner?" > > > > JM > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.14/79 - Release Date: 2005-08-22 > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
