[SOLVED] Extract & Parse Form Field Values from External Site

[phoenixx]

What I'm doing is pretty simple, but can't seem to get it to work?  An external site holds the following data (with the long strings being random or at least pseudorandom).

 

<!-- Sample Data -->

<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18goKhw3PNp1hoNW1XtlDrynp2vpujLUk91T-mrCFgp_zPaHUQ0ntTK1qkDcubva4Y" value="test">

<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX185P0eiDtlWUsO1e5nu-uKU9zRVqCup_wQaMp55L082EJ9d1z8AGEd9bOEQRrJII0U" value="Test">

<input type="hidden" name="test" value="v335d">

<input type="hidden" name="postingKey" value="uLLKc4c9H4h5QZoe">

<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX1_tQgrdT02gqfhvLU9azdevjvwPNGRYZ1bLpPLQrw6n3Aq4q2uqoUC6" value="C">

<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18L31E19JPgAISK-7vJbKFiOvwvOIL0ffYr-vWaUykl9OM7NOqr8cYz" value="Test">

<input type="hidden" name="FromEMail" value="samples@mydomain.net">

<input type="hidden" name="Type" value="B">

<input type="hidden" name="mix" value="">

<input type="hidden" name="contactEmail" value="">

<!-- End Sample Data -->

 

I just need to extract the field name and value and submit it to the database... with the understanding that the "U2FsdGVkX18....." names are dynamic.

 

How do I go about parsing and extracting the name and value?

 

Thanks in advace.

[sasa]

try

<?php
$data ='<!-- Sample Data -->
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18goKhw3PNp1hoNW1XtlDrynp2vpujLUk91T-mrCFgp_zPaHUQ0ntTK1qkDcubva4Y" value="test">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX185P0eiDtlWUsO1e5nu-uKU9zRVqCup_wQaMp55L082EJ9d1z8AGEd9bOEQRrJII0U" value="Test">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="v335d">
<input type="hidden" name="postingKey" value="uLLKc4c9H4h5QZoe">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX1_tQgrdT02gqfhvLU9azdevjvwPNGRYZ1bLpPLQrw6n3Aq4q2uqoUC6" value="C">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18L31E19JPgAISK-7vJbKFiOvwvOIL0ffYr-vWaUykl9OM7NOqr8cYz" value="Test">
<input type="hidden" name="FromEMail" value="samples@mydomain.net">
<input type="hidden" name="Type" value="B">
<input type="hidden" name="mix" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="contactEmail" value="">
<!-- End Sample Data -->
';
preg_match_all('/<input.*?name="([^"]*)".*?value="([^"]*)"/is',$data,$out);
$d = array_combine($out[1], $out[2]);
print_r($d);
?>

[phoenixx]

Worked great.

 

Is there a way to assign variables to the name and values to export it to a MySQL Database?

[GingerRobot]

You can just insert new rows based on the contents of the array:

 

<?php
$data ='<!-- Sample Data -->
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18goKhw3PNp1hoNW1XtlDrynp2vpujLUk91T-mrCFgp_zPaHUQ0ntTK1qkDcubva4Y" value="test">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX185P0eiDtlWUsO1e5nu-uKU9zRVqCup_wQaMp55L082EJ9d1z8AGEd9bOEQRrJII0U" value="Test">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="v335d">
<input type="hidden" name="postingKey" value="uLLKc4c9H4h5QZoe">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX1_tQgrdT02gqfhvLU9azdevjvwPNGRYZ1bLpPLQrw6n3Aq4q2uqoUC6" value="C">
<input type="hidden" name="U2FsdGVkX18L31E19JPgAISK-7vJbKFiOvwvOIL0ffYr-vWaUykl9OM7NOqr8cYz" value="Test">
<input type="hidden" name="FromEMail" value="samples@mydomain.net">
<input type="hidden" name="Type" value="B">
<input type="hidden" name="mix" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="contactEmail" value="">
<!-- End Sample Data -->
';
preg_match_all('/<input.*?name="([^"]*)".*?value="([^"]*)"/is',$data,$out);
$d = array_combine($out[1], $out[2]);
$insert_into = array();
foreach($d as $k=>$v){
    $insert_into[] = '('.$k.','.$v.')';
}
$insert_into = implode(',',$insert_into);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO yourtable(fieldname,fieldvalue) VALUES $insert_into") or die(mysql_error());
?>

[phoenixx]

Many thanks.  It worked great!