[SOLVED] Trying to isolate a MySpace user ID# with preg_match

[deleet]

Hello everyone.  I do a lot of work with PHP string processing but this latest project knocked me for a loop.  I just learned a little about preg_match yesterday and haven't been really able to adapt.  I'm at the point where I got rid of the error messages but I just need to wire the variables up so I get an effective answer.

 

Here's what the original code was, give or take a few brackets.

 

<?PHP
}
else {
define ("profile_url","http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=" );

$full_file_path = profile_url.$rider_fid;

$handle = fopen($full_file_path,"r");

if (!$handle){

    	echo "<p>Sorry Myspace Is Slow Try Again.\n";

    	$arr = 0; }

else {

$timeout = 300;

ini_set('max_execution_time','120');

set_time_limit(120);

ini_set('default_socket_timeout','120');

while($contents = fread($handle,'1024'))

{ $hold .= $contents; }

preg_match(long long procedure);

$string_ahref = $match[1];

$subjectstr = substr($string_ahref,0,350);

	}


	fclose($handle);

	ini_restore('max_execution_time');

	ini_restore('default_socket_timeout');

	$pic = $pic_url;


	if(empty($pic_url))
	{ ?>

 

I tried to make my own version up:

 

<?PHP

define ("profile_url","http://myspace.com/" );
$rider_fid="mucklejohndotcom"; //just an example tack-on -- completed version will have user input this

$full_file_path = profile_url.$rider_fid; //combine base url with user's URL

$handle = fopen($full_file_path,"r");

if (!$handle){

    	echo "<p>Sorry, MySpace Is Slow.  Please Try Again.\n";

    	$arr = 0; }             //ARRRR!!

else {

$timeout = 300;

ini_set('max_execution_time','120');

set_time_limit(120);

ini_set('default_socket_timeout','120');

while($contents = fread($handle,'1024'))

{ $hold .= $contents; }
$duh=preg_match("/DisplayFriendId/i",$url['$handle'],$hold,$match);

// preg_match("/\bDisplayFriendId/i",$url['$handle'],$hold,$match); ?


print_r($duh);
$tester1 = $match[0];
  $tester2 = $match[1];
  // Just trying to get anything to print and it's not...
echo $tester2;
  echo $tester1;}

?>

 

What I was looking to do was have the code crawl the MySpace page, find "DisplayFriendId":XXXXXXX, and then extract the ID number between "Display..." and the comma, so I would be able to plug this ID into the original code, which crawled the site by user's ID number instead of MySpace URL.  All I get is a 0 for results, but as far as I know, MySpace is working fine.

 

Any help would be appreciated.  I'm able to parse out the string, so I'm all set with that.  Just trying to make preg_match pull the ID and understand how to retrieve the variable... Thanks.

[.josh]

Post example of actual content you are trying to regex, including a line or 2 before and after the ID

 

[deleet]

MySpaceRes.Header = {"Cancel":"Cancel / Cancelación","Continue":"Continue / Continuar"};
MySpace.ClientContext = {"UserId":-1,"DisplayFriendId":10751728,"IsLoggedIn":false,"FunctionalContext":"UserViewProfile","UserType":1};

MySpace.StaticContentBase='http://x.myspacecdn.com';

MySpace.ClientMaintenanceConfigs = 

[.josh]

// example of the content...
$string = <<<CONTENT
MySpaceRes.Header = {"Cancel":"Cancel / Cancelación","Continue":"Continue / Continuar"};
MySpace.ClientContext = {"UserId":-1,"DisplayFriendId":10751728,"IsLoggedIn":false,"FunctionalContext":"UserViewProfile","UserType":1};

   MySpace.StaticContentBase='http://x.myspacecdn.com';
   
MySpace.ClientMaintenanceConfigs = 
CONTENT;
preg_match('~"DisplayFriendId"\d+),~i',$string,$match);
echo $match[1];

[deleet]

Thanks so much, I appreciate it.