"Steve B." <stylinsty@yahoo.com> wrote in message 20030703065739.27186.qmail@web41509.mail.yahoo.com">news:20030703065739.27186.qmail@web41509.mail.yahoo.com... > How would you get PHP to download a file such as a web page and put it in a string? Try this: <?php // get contents of a file into a string $filename = "http://somesite.com?user=someuser&pwd=somepwd";; $handle = fopen ($filename, "r"); $contents = fread ($handle, filesize ($filename)); fclose ($handle); ?> $contents is disired string variable. Best regards, Ognyan > > What keywords would relate to this (besides php download) > > I need a user to be able to put in a name and pass and have PHP go to a cetain site. > The site can take the user/pass in the url so I do not need a form submit. > Then I need the site contents to be in a php variable. > Any tips on parsing html out of it would be great. > > Thanks > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
