parsing HTML page

ravi181229 · December 5, 2008

Hi,

I would like to parse http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/baseball/collegebroadcast html page and

get all events' info for particular date:

for example

Sat, Dec 6 (get this date and all the events info for this date)

San Francisco vs. Long Beach St. - Men's Basketball 10:00 pm EST

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10487697

Mon, Dec 8(get this date and all the events' info for this date) and so on.

need help.

Thanks

premiso · December 5, 2008

Post an example of the html you are parsing ( a short snippet) and I will attempt to help you. (I do not like going to external urls and finding the area myself, just plain too lazy to do that).

And also post how you want it displayed.

ravi181229 · December 5, 2008

from the following code:

<tr>

<td nowrap>  San Francisco <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10487697','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_video_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Video"></a> </span> vs. Long Beach St. <span class='yspscores'></span> - Men's Basketball </td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

</table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="ysptblclbg4" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"><tr><td class="yspdetailttl" valign="bottom" height="12"> Mon, Dec 8</td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Lehigh <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10603183','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_video_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Video"></a> </span> vs. Albany <span class='yspscores'></span> - Men's Basketball </td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

</table>

I would like to display :

Sat, Dec 6

• San Francisco Free Video vs. Long Beach St. - Men's Basketball 10:00 pm EST

Mon, Dec 8

• Lehigh Subscription Video vs. Albany - Men's Basketball 6:30 pm EST

ravi181229 · December 5, 2008

I would also like to have the link (sorry, I missed it in previous post):

Sat, Dec 6

• San Francisco Free Video vs. Long Beach St. - Men's Basketball 10:00 pm EST

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10487697

Mon, Dec 8

• Lehigh Subscription Video vs. Albany - Men's Basketball 6:30 pm EST

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10603183

premiso · December 5, 2008

<?php
$string = '<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="ysptblclbg4" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"><tr><td class="yspdetailttl" valign="bottom" height="12"> Sat, Dec 6</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%">
<tr>
<td nowrap>  San Francisco <span class=\'yspscores\'><a href="javascript:void(window.open(\'http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10487697\',\'playerWindow\',\'width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no\'));"  ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_video_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Video"></a> </span> vs. Long Beach St. <span class=\'yspscores\'></span> - Men\'s Basketball </td>
<td nowrap>  </td>
<td width="100%" nowrap class="yspscores">  10:00 pm EST  </td>

</tr>
</table></td></tr>
</table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="ysptblclbg4" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"><tr><td class="yspdetailttl" valign="bottom" height="12"> Mon, Dec 8</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%">
<tr>
<td nowrap>  Lehigh <span class=\'yspscores\'><a href="javascript:void(window.open(\'http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10603183\',\'playerWindow\',\'width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no\'));"  ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_video_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Video"></a> </span> vs. Albany <span class=\'yspscores\'></span> - Men\'s Basketball </td>
<td nowrap>  </td>
<td width="100%" nowrap class="yspscores">  6:30 pm EST  </td>

</tr>
</table></td></tr>
</table>
</table>';

preg_match_all("~<td class=\"yspdetailttl\" valign=\"bottom\" height=\"12\">(.*)</td>~",$string, $matches);
foreach ($matches[1] as $match) {
$dates[] = $match;
}

//print_r($dates);

preg_match_all("~<td nowrap> (.*)</td>~",$string, $matches);
foreach ($matches[1] as $match) {
$vs[] = " " . $match;
}

//print_r($vs);

preg_match_all("~<td width=\"100%\" nowrap class=\"yspscores\">(.*)</td>~",$string, $matches);
foreach ($matches[1] as $match) {
$time[] = $match;
}

//print_r($time);
$count = count($dates);

for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) {
echo $date[$i] . "<br />" . $vs[$i] . "\t\t" . $time[$i] . "<br /><br />";
}

?>

I will let you figure out the displaying of them. Not sure if that is the most efficient way, but it works.

ravi181229 · December 5, 2008

this code works perfectly but it does not display all the events for a particular date.

for examle(there can be many events under particular date):

Fri, Dec 5

• Stony Brook vs. Lehigh Subscription Audio 6:30 pm EST

• Hope Free Audio vs. Carthage 6:40 pm EST

• Pennsylvania Subscription Audio vs. Navy Subscription Audio 7:00 pm EST

• Iowa Subscription Audio vs. Bryant 7:30 pm EST

• Texas A&M vs. Arizona Free Audio 8:30 pm EST

Sat, Dec 6

• Davidson vs. N.C. State Subscription Audio 12:00 pm EST

• Holy Cross vs. W. Michigan Subscription Audio 12:30 pm EST

• Indiana Subscription Audio vs. Gonzaga 12:30 pm EST

• Iowa St. Subscription Audio vs. Oregon St. Subscription Audio 1:30 pm EST

• Kansas vs. Jackson St. Free Audio 2:00 pm EST

HTML code :

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Hope <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10092771','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span> vs. Carthage <span class='yspscores'></span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Stony Brook <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. Lehigh <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10603182','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Pennsylvania <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10838785','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span> vs. Navy <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10689020','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Iowa <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10219999','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span> vs. Bryant <span class='yspscores'></span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Texas A&M <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. Arizona <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10590979','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

</table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="ysprow1" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"><tr><td class="yspdetailttl" valign="bottom" height="12"> Sat, Dec 6</td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Davidson <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. N.C. State <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10663073','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Holy Cross <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. W. Michigan <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10592143','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Indiana <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10331117','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span> vs. Gonzaga <span class='yspscores'></span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Iowa St. <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10345634','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span> vs. Oregon St. <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10580288','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Providence <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. Rhode Island <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10487157','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Kansas <span class='yspscores'></span> vs. Jackson St. <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10530559','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

curtis · December 6, 2008

Hi,

I would like to parse http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/baseball/collegebroadcast html page and

get all events' info for particular date:

<snip>

If you want to parse HTML, use the DOM, not regex.

premiso · December 6, 2008

The DOM works great as long as the page obeys the standards. I tried to do this with the DOM but since yahoo does not have the page properly formatted it does not populate the DOM in PHP.

I could be doing it wrong, but if you have a working example using that page I would love to see Curtis, thanks!

curtis · December 7, 2008

The DOM works great as long as the page obeys the standards. I tried to do this with the DOM but since yahoo does not have the page properly formatted it does not populate the DOM in PHP.

I could be doing it wrong, but if you have a working example using that page I would love to see Curtis, thanks!

No, it was my mistake, you're absolutely right. The only times I've tried this, I happened to be working with standards conforming documents. Obviously, that's a rare luxury with (X)HTML. Sorry about that.

There are a couple possibilities here, in order to prevent reinventing the wheel. One is to use the PEAR package, HTML_Common2, which utilizes PHP 5 OOP. The PHP 4 version is available, but not recommended. I briefly looked at some of the class members, and they seem to be using regex as well.

At the very least, when writing complicated regexes, I prefer to use the /x modifier to allow whitespace and comments, because they are much easier to maintain that way.

Also, there's a PECL extension called html_parse, which seems a better solution for handling HTML, but at the cost of some portability.

ravi181229 · December 10, 2008

ok...can we write the regex to fetch the data in red color below:

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Indiana <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10331118','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/pay_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Subscription Audio"></a> </span> vs. TCU <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10644764','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

<tr>

<td nowrap>  Long Island <span class='yspscores'><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/collegetest/?cl=10730677','playerWindow','width=793,height=608,scrollbars=no'));" ><img border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/ed/ic/free_audio_box.gif" width="16" height="12" alt="Free Audio"></a> </span> vs. Iona <span class='yspscores'></span></td>

</tr>

</table></td></tr>

</table>

I was trying with:

//$html contains above code

preg_match_all("~<tr><td class=\"yspdetailttl\" valign=\"bottom\" height=\"12\"> Wed, Dec 10</td></tr><tr><td>(.*)</td></tr>~", $html, $matches);

ravi181229 · December 10, 2008

I could fetch the data as follows:

preg_match('~<tr><td class="yspdetailttl" valign="bottom" height="12"> Wed, Dec 10</td></tr>(.*)</table>~s',$html,$matches);

but still have problem to get all the events' information under particular date.

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