On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:11 +0200, madunix wrote: > > trying http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php > > do you a piece of code that read parts pages. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Ashley Sheridan > > <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:03 +0200, madunix wrote: > > > > > I've been trying to read the contents from a particular URL > into a > > > string in PHP, and can't get it to work. any help. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > If there is a way, I will find one...*** > > > If there is none, I will make one..."*** > > > **************** madunix ****************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > How have you been trying to do it so far? > > > > There are a couple of ways. file_get_contents() and fopen() > > will work on URL's if the right ports are open. > > > > Most usually though cURL is used for this sort of thing. > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > If there is a way, I will find one...*** > > If there is none, I will make one..."*** > > **************** madunix ****************** > > > > > > I think you're over-complicating things by using fsockopen(). Try one of > the functions I mentioned in my last email > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > I agree with Ashley, use one of the other options and then parse the response to get the part of the page you'd like to work with. -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com