Retrieving Content with file_get_contents()

[rmt99e]

Hey, I'm trying to make a spider to get all the content within a <span> tag on another page. This is the first time i've done something like this. I was able to make it work by just searching for a number, but not searching for a table or anything else. Thanks for the help.

 

 

 

<?php
$url = "test.php"; // URL

$page = file_get_contents($url);

//$pattern = '/ \d\-\d+ /';
$pattern = '/ <span id="testid"><\/span> /';

preg_match_all($pattern, $page, $results, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER );

$conf = $results[0][1]; 

echo $conf;

?>

[sasa]

try

$pattern = '/<span id="testid">.*?<\/span>/';

[genericnumber1]

try...

<?php
$url = "test.php";

$page = file_get_contents($url);

$pattern = '%<span id="testid">(.*)</span>%'; // Changed

preg_match_all($pattern, $page, $results, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER );

$conf = $results[1][0]; // Changed

echo $conf;

?>

[DarkWater]

I'd personally use sasa's regex because it made preg non-greedy with the extra ? after the quantifier.

[genericnumber1]

I'd personally use sasa's regex because it made preg non-greedy with the extra ? after the quantifier.

 

Except that I don't think his works :X

[rmt99e]

thanks for the advice guys!

[rmt99e]

i'm still having trouble.. I tried what both of you said and still nothing is coming up.

[rmt99e]

still can't get this, anyone else have input? :'( :'(

[genericnumber1]

What I posted works on my system, can you post the code you have here and the contents of the "test.php" file?

[rmt99e]

<span id="testid">
Test Text
</span>

 

that's it!

[genericnumber1]

<?php

$url = "test.txt";

 

$page = file_get_contents($url);

 

$pattern = '%<span id="testid">(.*)</span>%s';

 

preg_match_all($pattern, $page, $results, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER );

 

$conf = $results[1][0];

 

echo $conf;

?>

 

Give that a try

[rmt99e]

Yahtzee! Works. Thanks Bud.