PHP Get URL, Curl

[Instant87]

I'm building a script to take certain parts of a existing web page and put it into mine, so far I got this, however it's not working. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? ( It's soposed to extract the data that the site states after "<b>Cash:</b>")

 

<?php

$ch = curl_init() or die(curl_error());

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4504");

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

$data1=curl_exec($ch) or die(curl_error());

preg_match('~<b>Cash</b>.+?)~', $data1, $matches);

echo "Cash: {$matches[0]}";

echo curl_error($ch);

curl_close($ch);

?>

[GingerRobot]

What's not working? What happens? Do you get error messages? Have you tried echoing $data1 to make sure you're retrieving the webpage ok?

[Instant87]

I fixed all the error messages I'm getting and now I'm just getting a page that returns:

 

Cash:

 

 

 

 

 

Also I tried changing the echo to {$matches[1]}  which doesn't work

[GingerRobot]

Having taken a look at the website in question; it's not as simple as that. You'll need to make two requests - the first to log in, the second to the page containing the data. You'll need to specify more curl options, including post fields and a cookie jar.

[Instant87]

Is there any useful tutorials on how to use the functions that you stated above?

[GingerRobot]

I keep meaning to write one, but i've not had time as yet. Other than that, all i can suggest is that you google. If you look for examples of retrieving data from facebook, myspace etc (there are a fair number of these) it might help you get the general gist.